2025-12-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

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Period start date Period end date 01[st] January 2025 31[st] December 2025

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1177948

Oakwood Park Community Group

Charity's principal address c/o Little Oaks, 68 Oakwood Road, Maidstone, Kent Postcode ME16 8AL

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole **year **	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Brian Flinders	Chair
	Paul Harper	Vice Chair & Coordinator- Treasurer
	Patricia Whitby
	Malcolm Peet
	Janet Keiley		Died 26thNovember 2025
	Lucy Lynch	Social Media and Website
	Steven Patrick Lynch
	Ron Tressider

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

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Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Charitable Incorporated Organisation with voting members other than its Type of governing document charity trustees (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company)

Founder Trustees will retire and be eligible for re-election in accordance Trustee selection methods with the Constitution (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

• policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;

The Oakwood Park Community Group is an independent unaffiliated organisation.

Risks to the Charity and its finances are regularly reviewed by the Trustees.

• the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;

• relationship with any related parties;

• trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

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Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

For the benefit of the inhabitants of Maidstone and the surrounding area (“the area of benefit”) to provide or assist in the provision of facilities for recreation and other leisure time occupation in the interests of social welfare with the object of improving their conditions of life for the inhabitants of the area of benefit in particular but not exclusively by the preservation, promotion support, assistance and improvement of Oakwood Park. Nothing in this constitution shall authorise an application of the property of the CIO for the purposes which are not charitable in accordance with [section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005] and [section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008]

This is our eighth year as a registered charity and Charitable Incorporated Organisation, having been registered on the 13th April 2018. During the period under consideration, the Charity continued to concentrated on its project to maintain community access to the Oakwood Park Playing Fields. The main activities in the period included: [1] Making Grant Applications. [2] Maintenance of Electronic gate equipment to the Oakwood Road and Queens Road Gates. [3] Continuation of community access to the playing fields via a fob access system requiring an annual subscription. [4] Creation of a King Charles III Nature Walk around the wooded periphery of the Playing Fields where Dogs are allowed to be walked on leads.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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The Oakwood Park Community Group is entirely run by its Trustees and Volunteers.

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

Over the year about 10 people (including the volunteers) have been involved in undertaking all the activities done by the Group.

• policy on grantmaking;

• policy programme related investment;

• contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

The period under review covers the period from 1[st] January 2025 to 31[st] December 2025 our eighth year of operation. This is our eighth Trustees Annual Report. The Oakwood Park Community Group (OPCG) becoming registered as a CIO on the 13th April 2018.

The Trustees previously determined that the initial priority for the Charity would be to work to get community/ public access restored to the Oakwood Park Playing Fields. This has been the main project the Charity has focused on during 2025.

Access was closed off by the St Augustine Academy in March 2017, after the site having been unenclosed within living memory. A group of local people submitted a Town/ Village Green application for the playing fields to be registered under the appropriate legislation. The Oakwood Park Community Group (OPCG) decided if possible with the support of the promoters of the village green application to try to negotiate a compromise approach with the owners of the playing fields St Augustine Academy, Oakwood Park Grammar School and Kent County Council.

Negotiations were successfully completed in February 2020, with a signed licence in September 2020. The headlines of the agreement include:

• Out of School Hours Community Access Restored

• Community Access will be through a scheme managed by the OPCG using a fob entre system via two existing gates.

• Covenants on the site by its freeholders in respect of residents of Oakwood Road to maintain the playing fields as open space, with only possible building being that associated with outdoor educational space.

• The Trustees working with the promoters of the Village Green application to get that withdrawn if the above agreement can be implemented.

• The OPCG to paid all the associated costs £17,300, to install the two electronic gates and the fully hardware and software for the fob access system.

We have during the year 2025 we have continued to successfully raise funds from our community fob system. After not seeking any additional grants funding in 2024, in 2025 we received a grant of £500 from The Cobtree Trust towards the costs of our Picnic in the Park 2025 event, we also received 2 unrestricted grants towards the costs of the event, and 4 donations totalling £170 towards the costs of repair works to out electronic gates.

During the start of the year work progressed to the creation of a King Charles III Nature Walk around the wooded periphery of the Playing Fields where Dogs are allowed to be walked on leads.

Picnic in the Park 2025, we held a Picnic in the Park event in the summer, with a brass band and entertainments. It was a well-attended event and added to the wellbeing of the local community. We obtained a grant and sponsorship which covered the costs of the event.

Barming Youth Football Club, at the start of the year we were involved in discussions with the Barming Youth Football Club (BYFC) and the St Augustine Academy (SAA) over BYFC proposals to centralise their

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Section D Achievements and performance

football games on the SAA part of the Oakwood Park Playing Fields, their proposals also include providing a licenced club house, separate changing blocks, storage containers and a 3G floodlit artificial pitch. Following discussions with the BYFC and SAA the community group decided that it could not support these proposals as the impact of buildings and a 3G pitch would damage the local environment, biodiversity and wildlife, and adversely impact on local residents.

We organised a meeting of our Fob Holders which was well attended to the capacity of the hall and was unanimous in the opposition to the proposals of those present.

Street Trading Licence, in November 2025 an application was made for a Street Trading Licence for a catering van to be located 7 days a week at the SAA overflow car park. We worked with local councillor Paul Harper on this and formally placed on record our opposition to this proposal. It would result in amongst other things:

• Additional litter

• Additional Traffic

• Bad impact on Schools and students with junk food and drinks

• • Why an Alcohol selling point on school land?

• No consultation by the Academy with this group or local residents.

Electronic Gates, our 2 electronic gates which give community access to the Playing Fields have been repeatedly damaged during the year and have taken the Committee a lot of work to maintain as well as over £800 in repair costs.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the

charity’s policy on reserves

The Charity operates on a break-even policy. All activates must be covered by project generated income. Fob Membership subscriptions are to cover the running costs of the Charity and to support our unfunded campaigning work. Reserves would therefore only normally be held in respect of programmed work and to provide for the eventual renewal of the electronic gate system when it comes to the end of its economic life..

Details of any funds materially in deficit

None

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

• the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);

• how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;

In the period under review the main sources of income were: Our main income was £5,992 from the membership of the fob scheme, which continues to grow in number of fob holders. We have a Business Instant Access Account with the Metro Bank, which provides some minimal interest (£125) on our funds under deposit whilst they are currently not required.

• investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

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Section G Declaration

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Brian Flinders Full name(s) Paul Harper Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Vice-Chair/ Coordinator Chair etc) Date

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	Oakwood Park Community Group				Charity No (if any)	1177948	CC17a
	Annual accounts for the	period
	1st January 2025			To	31st	Dec-25
Section A Statement of financial activities
Recommended categories by activity Incoming resources (Note 3) Incoming resources from generated funds Voluntary income Activities for generating funds Investment income Incoming resources from charitable activities Other incoming resources Resources expended (Notes 4-8) Costs of Generating Funds Costs of generating voluntary income Fundraising trading costs Investment management costs Charitable activities Governance costs Other resources expended Total funds brought forward Gains and losses on investment assets Gains and losses on revaluation of fixed ass Other recognised gains/(losses) Gross transfers between funds	Details of own analysis	Note S01 S02 S03 S04 S05 S06 S07 S08 S09 S10 S11 S12 S13 S14 S15 S16 S17 S18 S19 S20 S21	Unrestricted funds £ F01	Restricted income funds £ F02	Endowment funds Total this year Total last year £ £ £ F03 F04 F05
			-	-	-	-	-
			6,662	500	-	7,162	5,002
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			125	-	-	125	143
			-	-	-	-	-
				-	-	-	180
	Total incoming resources		6,787	500	-	7,287	5,325
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	0		2,757	1,975	-	4,732	3,776
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	Total resources expended Total funds carried forward Net movement in funds Net incoming/(outgoing) resources before transfers ets for the charity’s own use Net incoming/(outgoing) resources before other recognised gains/(losses)		2,757	1,975	-	4,732	3,776
			4,030	1,475 -	-	2,555	1,549
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			4,030	1,475 -	-	2,555	1,549
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			4,030	1,475 -	-	2,555	1,549
			7,865	8,632	-	16,497	14,948
			11,896	7,157	-	19,053	16,497
					Total this year Total last year £ £ F04 F05 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19,053 16,497 19,053 16,497 - - 19,053 16,497 19,053 16,497 - - - - 19,053 16,497 11,896 7,865 - - 7,157 8,632 - - 19,053 16,497 Date of approval Name Harper
Section B Balance sheet
Fixed assets Tangible assets (Note 9) Investments (Note 10) Total fixed assets Current assets Stock and work in progress Debtors (Note 11) (Short term) investments Cash at bank and in hand Total current assets Creditors: amounts falling due within one year (Note 12) Net current assets/(liabilities) Total assets less current liabilities Creditors: amounts falling due after one year (Note 12) Provisions for liabilities and charges Net assets Funds of the Charity Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds (Note 13) Endowment funds(Note 13) Total funds Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees	Note B01 B02 B03 B04 B05 B06 B07 B08 B09 B10 B11 B12 B13 B14 B15 B16 B17 B18 B19 B20	Unrestricte d funds £ F01	Restricted income funds £ F02	Endowment funds £ F03
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		11,896	7,157	-	19,053	16,497
		11,896	7,157	-	19,053	16,497
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		11,896	7,157	-	19,053	16,497
		11,896	7,157	-	19,053	16,497
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		11,896	7,157	-	19,053	16,497
		11,896			11,896	7,865
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			7,157		7,157	8,632
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		11,896	7,157	-	19,053	16,497
	Signature			Print	Date of approval Name
				Paul	Harper

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Section C Notes to the accounts

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Note 1 Basis of preparation

This section should be completed by all charities .

1.1 Basis of accounting

These accounts have been prepared on the basis of historic cost (except that investments are shown at market value) in accordance with:

• Accounting and Reporting by Charities – Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP 2005); • and with ✓ Accounting Standards; or Financial Reporting Standards for Smaller Enterpri • and with the Charities Act. [* except for the following].

Give details in this box if a different standard has been followed.

• -Tick as appropriate:

• if all relevant disclosures shown in the pack have been given then please tick “Accounting Standards”;

• if disclosures completed in these accounts have been restricted to those required by the FRSSE, then please tick “Financial Reporting Standards for Smaller Enterprises (FRSSE)”.

• ** - If no departures from the chosen standards have been made then delete these words; otherwise give details of any changes in the boxes.

1.2 Change in basis of accounting

There has been no change to the accounting policies (valuation rules and methods of accounting) since last year (§ except for the following).

Give details in this box of any material changes that have been made.

• § if no changes have been made to accounting policies then delete these words.

1.3 Changes to previous accounts

No changes have been made to accounts for previous years (§§ except for the following).

Give details in this box of any material changes that have been made.

§§ if no changes have been made to accounts for previous periods then delete these words.

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 2 Accounting policies

This standard list of accounting policies has been applied by the charity except for those deleted. Where a different or additional policy has been adopted then this is detailed in the box below.

INCOMING RESOURCES
Recognition of incoming	These are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when:
resources	• the charity becomes entitled to the resources;
	• the trustees are virtually certain they will receive the resources; and
	• the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability.
Incoming resources with related	Where incoming resources have related expenditure (as with fundraising or contract income) the
expenditure	incoming resources and related expenditure are reported gross in the SoFA.
Grants and donations	Grants and donations are only included in the SoFA when the charity has unconditional
	entitlement to the resources.
Tax reclaims on donations and gifts	Incoming resources from tax reclaims are included in the SoFA at the same time as the gift to which they relate.
Contractual income and performance	This is only included in the SoFA once the related goods or services have been delivered.
related grants
Gifts in kind	Gifts in kind are accounted for at a reasonable estimate of their value to the charity or the amount actually realised.
	Gifts in kind for sale or distribution are included in the accounts as gifts only when sold or
	distributed by the charity.
	Gifts in kind for use by the charity are included in the SoFA as incoming resources when
	receivable.
Donated services and facilities	These are only included in incoming resources (with an equivalent amount in resources
	expended) where the benefit to the charity is reasonably quantifiable, measurable and material_._
	The value placed on these resources is the estimated value to the charity of the service or facility
	received.
Volunteer help	The value of any voluntary help received is not included in the accounts but is described in the trustees’ annual report.
Investment income	This is included in the accounts when receivable.
Investment gains and losses	This includes any gain or loss on the sale of investments and any gain or loss resulting from
	revaluing investments to market value at the end of the year.
EXPENDITURE AND LIABILITIES
Liability recognition	Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the
	charity to pay out resources.
Governance costs	Include costs of the preparation and examination of statutory accounts, the costs of trustee
	meetings and cost of any legal advice to trustees on governance or constitutional matters.
Grants with performance conditions	Where the charity gives a grant with conditions for its payment being a specific level of service or
	output to be provided, such grants are only recognised in the SoFA once the recipient of the
	grant has provided the specified service or output.
Grants payable without performance	These are only recognised in the accounts when a commitment has been made and there are
conditions	no conditions to be met relating to the grant which remain in the control of the charity.
Support Costs	Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost categories on a
	basis consistent with the use of resources, eg allocating property costs by floor areas, or per
	capita, staff costs by the time spent and other costs by their usage.
ASSETS
Tangible fixed assets for use by charity	These are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year, and cost at least £500. They
	are valued at cost or a reasonable value on receipt.
Investments	Investments quoted on a recognised stock exchange are valued at market value at the year end.
	Other investment assets are included at trustees' best estimate of market value.
Stocks and work in progress	These are valued at the lower of cost or market value.

POLICIES ADOPTED ADDITIONAL TO OR DIFFERENT FROM THOSE ABOVE

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 3 Analysis of incoming resources

Incoming resources may be further analysed if this would help the reader of the accounts.

Voluntary income Activities for generating funds Investment income Incoming resources from charitable activities	Analysis	This year £	Last year £ - - - - - 5,002 - - - 180 5,182 - - - - - - 143 - - - - 143 - - - - - - This year Last year £ £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 771 - - - - - 175 3,034 2,572 752 180 -1,024 - - 4,732 3,776 - - - - - - - -	Last year £ - - - - - 5,002 - - - 180 5,182 - - - - - - 143 - - - - 143 - - - - - - This year Last year £ £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 771 - - - - - 175 3,034 2,572 752 180 -1,024 - - 4,732 3,776 - - - - - - - -
	Oaks Dinner	-	-
	Pub Quiz	-	-
	Fish and Chips	-	-
	Boot and Cake Fair	-	-
	Donations	270	-
	Fobs	5,992	5,002
	Grants-Unrestricted	400
	Grant-Awards for All (3rd Grant)		-
	Grant-Kent Reliance Provident Fund
	Grant-Groundwork UK Grant
	Grant-Charities Trust
	Grant-Waitrose Community Fund
	Grant-West Kent Extra (Linda Hogan)	-
	Grant-Local Giving (Magic Little Grants)	-
	Grant-Kent Community Fund		-
	Grant-Cobtree Trust	500	-
	Other		180
	Total	7,162	5,182
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	Total	-	-
	Bank Deposit Account Interest	125	143
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	Total	125	143
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	Total	-	-
Section C	Notes to the accounts (cont)
Note 4 Analysis of resources expended Resources expended may be further analysed if this would help the reader of the accounts. Analysis Costs of generating voluntary income Fundraising trading costs Investment management costs Charitable activities Oaks Dinner Fish and Chips Picnic in the Park Gate Access installation Notice Board Insurance Gate Running Costs Miscellaneous Work on King Charles III Nature Walk and Dog Lane (Restricted) Governance costs
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	Oaks Dinner		-	-
	Fish and Chips		-	-
	Picnic in the Park		771	-
	Gate Access installation		-	-
	Notice Board		-	-
	Insurance		175
	Gate Running Costs		3,034	2,572
	Miscellaneous		752	180
	Work on King Charles III Nature Walk and Dog Lane (Restricted)		-	1,024
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		Total	4,732	3,776
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		Total	-	-
Section C	Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 13 Endowment and restricted income funds

Please complete this section if the charity has any endowment or restricted income funds.

13.1 Funds held

Please give a brief description of any of the following type of funds held by the charity:

• permanent endowment funds (PE);

• expendable endowment funds (EE); and

• restricted income funds, including special trusts, of the charity (R).

Fund Name Type PE, EE or R

Purpose and Restrictions

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13.2 Movements of major funds

Please give details of the movements of the major funds summarised in the restricted and endowment columns of the Statement of Financial Activities.

Fund names	Fund balances brought forward £	Incoming resources £	Outgoing resources £	Transfers £	Gains and losses £	Fund balances carried forward £
Awards for All Grant Awards for All Grant 3rd Grant	3,946	-	-982	-	-	2,964
	4,686	-	-493			4,193
Kent Reliance Provident Fund Grant	-			-	-	-
Groundwork UK Grant	-			-	-	-
Charities Trust Grant	-			-	-	-
West Kent Extra (Linda Hogan)-Grant	-			-	-	-
Local Giving (Magic Little)-Grant	-			-	-	-
Cobtree Grant	-	500	-500	-	-	-
Kent Community Fund Grant	-			-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total Funds	8,632	500	- 1,975	-	-	7,157

13.3 Transfers between funds

Please give details of any transfers between funds.

From Fund (Name) To Fund (Name) Reason Amount

Note 15 Additional Disclosures

The following are significant matters which are not covered in other notes

and need to be included to provide a proper understanding of the accounts. If there is insufficient room here, please add a separate sheet.

The Oakwood Park Community Group signed a licence with Oakwood Park Grammar School, St Augustine Academy and Kent County Council to restore community access to the Oakwood Park Playing Fields. The Oakwood Park Community Group's restricted funds are held partly in respect of works to implement the community access via the installation of two fob controlled gates access to the Oakwood Park Playing Fields, and partly in respect of improving access within the site.

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