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2021-12-31-accounts

Bristol and Bath Parks Foundation

(Operating under the working name of Your Park Bristol and Bath)

Annual Report & Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2021

Your Park Bristol and Bath is the working name of the Bristol and Bath Parks Foundation A charitable incorporated organisation (CIO) | Charity number 1182217 www.yourpark.org.uk

Your Park Bristol and Bath Annual Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31[st] December 2021

TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Number
Trustees’ Report:
Aim and purposes 2
Objectives and activities 2
Achievements and performance 2
Financial review 4
Structure, governance and management 6
Reference and administrative details 8
Independent Examiner’s Report 9
Statement of Financial Activities 10
Balance Sheet 11
Notes to the Financial Statements 12

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Your Park Bristol and Bath Annual Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31[st] December 2021

The trustees present their annual report and financial statements for year to 31st December 2021. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and they and the annual report comply with Your Park’s governing documentation and applicable law.

At the trustee meeting on 9[th] September 2021, the Your Park trustees decided to change the working name of the Bristol and Bath Parks Foundation to Your Park Bristol and Bath. Your Park Bristol and Bath is the brand that best resonates with our target audiences and stands out from other similar organisations. For the purpose of the annual report, the charity will be referred to as Your Park Bristol & Bath.

AIM AND PURPOSES

Your Park Bristol and Bath has summarised its core charitable purposes to:

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Your Park’s charitable objects, as set out in its constitution, are to:

Your Park’s defined "Area of Benefit" is “the administrative areas of Bristol City Council, Bath and North East Somerset Council, North Somerset Council and South Gloucestershire Council, and such other areas as the trustees may from time to time determine”.

However, Your Park will initially focus its activities on the cities of Bristol and Bath.

Your Park will not take over the ownership or management of parks but identify projects and partnerships that will enhance and revitalise these important spaces.

Public benefit

The trustees have complied with their duty to have regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission in accordance with the Charities Act 2011, and they have referred to it when carrying out the Your Park’s charitable purposes.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

2021 was a year of impact for Your Park Bristol & Bath. Due to the pandemic, 2020 was primarily a year of being furloughed although we secured several grants that were deferred to be spent in 2021 when restrictions were eased.

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The support provided through our pilot projects reported the following outcomes:

In January, using the Isla Foundation funding Your Park ran a consultation with Friends of Groups to understand what could be offered to upskill and equip them to re-start their in parks activities and develop their work in 2021. After reviewing their feedback, a programme of online activities focusing on four identified themes were developed. The first was a one-day conference on how to support more nature in urban green spaces with 15 expert speakers and more than 200 people attending. Your Park ran a further three workshops on raising funds through trusts and foundations, using social media and recruiting and retaining volunteers. There have since been follow up sessions with attendees to support them in implementing their resulting plans.

In spring, Your Park was able to start the Park Activator pilots in Netham Park (Bristol) and Green Park (Bath). Funded by Comic Relief, National Lottery Community Fund, Society of Merchant Venturers, Quartet Express Fund and Wessex Water Community Foundation, the pilots employed Park Activators and Community Engagement Officers to reach out to the underrepresented and disadvantaged sections of the local community and involve them in park activities including nature enhancement (meadow creation, planting beds for pollinators, bulb planting), maintenance (pathway clearance), nature connection walks, community play days and community events. The Green Park project lasted for 3 months, and the Netham Park project continued until November.

Following Greta Thunburg’s visit to Bristol to lead the Bristol Youth Strike 4 Climate March (BYS4C) in 2019, the lawns were damaged and a crowdfund raised £15,500 to repair and enhance the site for nature. Your Park was chosen as the recipient of the fund and has led a partnership made up of Bristol Cathedral, Bristol City Council, Avon Wildlife Trust and BYS4C to reimagine the high profile, historic and intensively used green space for nature, aiming to create a year round source of food for birds, bats, pollinators and other insects. In February we announced the designs for the space, and in April works started on College Green to introduce 450sqm of wildflower meadow, involving local volunteers in the planting.

In August, Your Park forged a new partnership with Hargreaves Lansdown to support further biodiversity enhancements at College Green and funding 10,000 spring bulbs to be planted in autumn. In September Your Park worked with volunteers to use the traditional method of scything to cut the meadows and remove the arisings. In November, 30 Hargreaves Lansdown employees helped to plant the 10,000 bulbs into the meadow area. The final planting of trees and native hedgerows will take place in early 2022.

We launched our first public fundraising campaign as part of the Big Green Give, a match funding scheme. We raised £2,500 that was matched to total £5,000. The funds were allocated to the first round the Love Your Park Community Fund small grant scheme. With other donations from members of the public and several corporate contributions, met our target of £12,000 and were able to launch the inaugural funding round.

Due to the financial support of the Local Authorities, Your Park was able to invest in fundraising capacity to develop our restricted and unrestricted income streams. A Head of Fundraising joined the team in May.

Your Park sought advice from VOSCUR on the development of the grant programme to ensure it added value to the local funding environment and had the right management in place. Your Park recruited a new team member team to lead on the development and delivery of the LYPCF, part funded by a resilience grant from Bristol City Council’s Future Parks project.

The first round of the LYPCF was announced during Love Parks Week in July, calling for projects that focus on improving parks for nature and biodiversity or that engage the local community to improve health and wellbeing and community cohesion. There were 39 applications that were considered by a panel of experts who volunteered their time to select successful projects. The panel decided to give

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13 grants to park and community groups, three in Bath, 10 in Bristol. Your Park announced the grantees in October and worked closely with the successful groups to support them to start their projects.

The Park Activator project secured funding to expand to Brickfields Park situated in Twerton, one of the most deprived areas in Bath. Following the same model as at Netham Park and Green Park, in September, Your Park recruited a Park Activator and Community Engagement Officer to build connections with the community and rejuvenate the park through nature enhancement activities including meadow creation, the planting of 579 trees (that will lock in 275,000 pounds of carbon once mature) and spring bulb planting. Your Park are also leading a youth consultation to better understand what young people want from the space in partnership with Make Space for Girls.

Throughout the year, Your Park has worked with park groups and the Local Authorities to identify sites to pilot the introduction of 2 Minute Litter Pick stations designed to encourage impromptu community action on litter, an issue highlighted as park use increased during the pandemic. Your Park introduced a further two new stations to parks in Bristol, at Greville Smyth Park and Blaise Estate.

In September, Your Park was successful in securing a Resilience Grant from Quartet Community Foundation to better understand which groups experience significant barriers to accessing parks in Bristol and Bath, to build new partnerships and to make recommendations for our future work based on the findings. Emma Mather was appointed and will complete the report in March 2022.

To close the year, we were successful in securing a grant from the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Care Commission Group to deliver a programme of Green Social Prescribing activities in South and Central and East Bristol in 2022.

Your Park looks forward to building on the success of their early projects by securing larger and longer term funding in 2022, enabling them to expand their impact to more parks and communities across Bristol and Bath.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

The range of activities that Your Park has been involved in has again grown in 2021 and this is reflected in a number of new funds relating to specific projects. Part of this reflects fundraising efforts in 2020 for work that was able to commence in 2021 as Covid-19 restrictions eased. It also reflects increased fundraising capacity which aims to help Your Park’s longer term financial sustainability.

In terms of funding for projects in 2021, Your Park received £2,500 from the RSA Climate Change and Education Fund towards the Activator programme and £16,085 from the Postcode Local Trust for a project to revitalise the neglected Brickfields Park in Bath. The work on College Green in Bristol continued with a £5,500 grant from Hargreaves Lansdown and £500 from CAF and the Quartet Community Foundation Resilience Fund awarded £9,000 for Your Park’s Diversity consultancy project. £11,419 was received from Bristol City Council under the Future Parks initiative and £2,080 was received from the Wessex Water Recovery Grant Programme towards the Green Park programme. The litter pickers project continued with £1,500 from Quartet Community Foundation and £1,000 from Bristol City Council.

Individual donations provided much of the funding received in 2021 for our Nature Fund and we received our second draw down of our grant from Comic Relief to support our project in Netham Park amounting to £3,609. Our small grant programme was supported by funding from the Big Give, which matched £2,500 of donations from the community. We received £1,574 from Bristol City Council to support the first annual recognition scheme for park volunteers and £500 from the Coop towards a volunteer event that will take place in 2022. Finally, we received £20,486 in 2021 from Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire CCG to deliver a green social prescribing project in South and East Bristol in 2022

Our unrestricted income in 2021 included £50,000 of core cost support from Bristol City Council and £24,000 from Bath & North East Somerset Council, plus a final grant from the CJRS. We also

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received £2,000 from the University of the West of England (UWE) for our participation in the summer internship scheme and donations amounting to £4,000.

The trustees are sincerely grateful to all those that have supported Your Park’s work during 2021.

In total during the year, Your Park received income of £167,778 (2020: £129,562) and paid out £172,497 (2020: £88,935) on charitable activities and fundraising. Of total funds carried forward, unrestricted funds were £11,699 and restricted funds were £64,859, resulting in total funds balances of £76,558 at the end of 2021.

Reserves policy

It is the trustees’ aim to build up a balance of free reserves (net current assets) which equates to 12 months’ operational costs. This will be held to smooth out fluctuations in cash flow, meet emergencies and allow Your Park to maintain its financial sustainability. The balance of free reserves at the end of 2021 was £11,699 (2020: £3,994), largely due to this being only the charity’s third year of operation.

Risk management

The trustees have examined the major strategic and operational risks which Your Park may face, and they have established systems which enable regular reports to be produced so that the necessary steps can be taken to minimise these risks.

Going concern

The Board of trustees are satisfied with the performance of the charity during the accounting period and the position at 31st December 2021 and consider that Your Park is in a reasonable position to continue its activities during the coming year, and that the charity’s assets are adequate to fulfil its obligations.

Volunteers

The Board of trustees would like to thank Phoebe Dando, Ali Hellier, Ciara Williams, Lizzie Francis, Jed Eldridge, Christina Mayfor their work as volunteers with the charity during this year.

PLANS FOR THE FUTURE

Your Park has established a three-year vision, with the aim of achieving the following:

Quality: A national reputation for excellence with people wanting to join us to deliver our vision. A reputation for knowing how to make things happen.

Collaboration: A strong network of effective relationships including high quality community advocates, businesses, patrons and the best minds.

Culture shift: A buzz about parks, people actively taking a share of the responsibility for making their parks better.

Action: An annual Programme, the first high profile campaign launched and several projects underway.

Financial sustainability: Reliable income streams, as a result of appropriate investment in operational capacity. The first legacy commitment secured.

Climate Change: Communities are more aware of how parks can play a role in mitigating the effects of climate change and have the knowledge and skills to protect and improve the environment for animals, plants and people in their parks.

Our approach will be to:

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COVID-19

The trustees have considered the continuing impact that the COVID-19 pandemic will have on Your Park’s current and future financial position. Your Park is taking the following steps to mitigate the threats that COVID-19 may pose to the organisation:

The trustees consider that Your Park will continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from the date on which these financial statements are approved for the following reasons:

The trustees therefore consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of preparation of the accounts, as detailed in note 1 to the financial statements.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Your Park Bristol and Bath is the working name of the Bristol and Bath Parks Foundation, a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO).

Your Park is governed by a board of trustees who have overall responsibility for the governance, regulatory obligations and management of Your Park. The board of trustees seeks to ensure the best interest of stakeholders in all management decisions.

A board of trustees have been appointed based on their expertise and experience in areas relating to the strategic management of the organisation. The board of trustees includes key individuals with expertise ranging from finance, legal and community engagement. In 2021, Catherine Frankpitt, Lisa Ackerley, Tim Pemberton and Suzie Miles stood down from the board for personal reasons, meaning that the board of trustees is led by a Chair and 7 board members.

The board of trustees work to a framework structure to cover regulatory, financial and stakeholder obligations. The board of trustees are divided into sub-committees, to aid the management of target areas and the strategic direction of Your Park.

Your Park services are delivered by an operational, part time team. The team includes the Chief Executive, Marketing, Head of Fundraising, Communications and Development Officer, freelance Trust and Foundations Consultant and a freelance team of project staff including Activators and Community Engagement Officers.

The team works from home with shared office space available at Council parks depots on alternate Thursdays when the pandemic restrictions allow. The team also includes two Volunteer Coordinators from Bath and North East Somerset Council (BANES) and Bristol City Council (BCC). The reporting structure includes the staff team and volunteer co-ordinators reporting into the Chief Executive.

The Chief Executive reports directly to the Chair and Board of trustees. The performance review of the Chief Executive is undertaken by the Chair of trustees. The resources required to run a successful charity includes office equipment, such as IT and general office equipment which has been provided from funds from Your Park.

Board meetings primary took place on Zoom in 2021 due to the pandemic.

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TRUSTEES’ RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102: The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

The law applicable to charities in England & 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, including the net income or expenditure, of the Charity for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and which enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the constitution. The trustees 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.

The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charity's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

Independent examiners

Godfrey Wilson Limited were re-appointed as independent examiners to the charity during the year and have expressed their willingness to continue in that capacity.

This report was approved by the trustees on 7[th] April 2022 and signed on their behalf by:

Mr R Acton-Campbell

Chair of trustees

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REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

Trustees

The following served as trustees during the year (unless shown otherwise):

Chair: Rob Acton-Campbell Lisa Ackerley (to 10th February 2021) Mark Blackburn Patsy Connor Catherine Frankpitt (to 10th February 2021) Karen Gill Matthew Hall Roy Kareem (from 9th February 2022) Suzie Miles (to 8th December 2021) Tim Pemberton (to 8th December 2021) Derek Perry Lynn Robinson Laura Salisbury

Correspondence Address

St George Community Centre Church Road St George Bristol BS5 8AA

Charity Registration Number

1182217

Independent Examiner

Godfrey Wilson Ltd 5th Floor, Mariner House 62 Prince Street Bristol BS1 4QD

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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees Your Park Bristol and Bath

I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31st December 2021, which are set out on pages 10 to 22.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of the CIO 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 CIO’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 material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

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.

William Guy Blake

William Guy Blake ACA Godfrey Wilson Ltd Chartered Accountants 5th Floor, Mariner House 62 Prince Street Bristol BS1 4QD

Date: 13[th] April 2022

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Your Park Bristol and Bath Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2021

Note
Income from:
Donations and legacies
2
Charitable activities
3
Total income
Raising funds
4
Charitable activities
5
Total expenditure
Net income
Transfer between funds
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward
15
Total funds carried forward
15		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total
2021
Total
2020
£
£
£
£
83,735
81,743
165,478
128,327
24
2,276
2,300
1,235
83,759
84,019
167,778
129,562
28,502
26,240
54,742
29,393
47,552
70,203
117,755
59,542
76,054
96,443
172,497
88,935
7,705
(12,424)
(4,719)
40,627
-
-
-
-
7,705
(12,424)
(4,719)
40,627
3,994
77,283
81,277
40,650
11,699
64,859
76,558
81,277

All activities relate to continuing activities.

The notes on pages 12 to 22 form part of these financial statements.

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Your Park Bristol and Bath Balance Sheet for the year ended 31[st] December 2021

Note
Current assets
Debtors
12
Cash at bank and in hand
Total current assets
Liabilities:
Creditors: Amounts falling due with one year
13
Net current assets
Total assets less current liabilities
Total net assets
16
The funds of the charity:
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
Total charity funds
15		 2021
£
52,689
26,238
78,927
(2,369)
76,558
76,558
76,558
11,699
64,859
76,558		 2020
£
2,159
83,111
85,270
(3,993)
81,277
81,277
81,277
3,994
77,283
81,277

The financial statements were approved by the trustees on 7[th] April 2022 and signed on their behalf by:

Mr R Acton-Campbell, Chair

The notes on pages 12 to 22 form part of these financial statements

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Your Park Bristol and Bath Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31[st] December 2021

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).

Going concern

The accounts have been prepared on the assumption that the charity is able to continue as a going concern. However, the continuing COVID-19 pandemic is still likely to have a profound impact on the global economy, and may in turn continue to affect the charity. The trustees have considered the impact of this issue on Your Park’s current and future financial position. Your Park has a cash balance of £26,238 at year end (2020: £83,111), which is sufficient to cover its committed costs for three months. Although the free reserves are low, the charity’s restricted funds cover all planned significant activities and operating costs. For these reasons, the trustees consider that the charity has sufficient cash reserves to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from the date on which these financial statements are approved.

Public benefit

The Bristol and Bath Parks Foundation meets the definition of a public benefit entity within the meaning of FRS102.

Income

All income is recognised once the charity has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount of the income receivable can be measured reliably.

Donations

Donations represent donated funds from individuals and corporate entities.

Donated services and facilities

Donated professional services and donated facilities are recognised as income when the charity has control over the item, any conditions associated with the donated item have been met, the receipt of economic benefit from the use by the charity of the item, is probable and the economic benefit can be measured reliably. In accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102), general volunteer time is not recognised.

On receipt, donated professional services and donated facilities are recognised on the basis of the value of the gift to the charity which is the amount the charity would have been willing to pay to obtain services or facilities of equivalent economic benefit on the open market; a corresponding amount is then recognised in expenditure in the period of receipt.

Grants receivable

Grants are accounted for when received.

Expenditure

All expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to that expenditure, it is probable settlement is required and the amount can be measured reliably.

All costs are allocated to the applicable expenditure heading that aggregate similar costs to that category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated on a basis consistent with the use of resources, with central staff costs allocated on the basis of time spent, and depreciation charges allocated on the portion of the asset’s use.

Other support costs are allocated based on the spread of staff costs.

Raising funds

These are costs incurred in attracting voluntary income.

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Governance costs

These include the costs attributable to the charity’s compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements, including audit, strategic management, trustee’s meetings and reimbursed expenses.

Support costs

These include the costs attributable to supporting the delivery of the charity’s charitable purposes. Other support costs are allocated based on the spread of staff costs.

Governance and support costs have been allocated between cost of raising funds and expenditure on charitable activities on the following basis:


nditure on charitable activities on
the following basis:
2021 2020
Raising funds 30.62% 21.9%
Charitable activities 69.38% 78.1%

Pension costs

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme for its employees. There are no further liabilities other than that already recognised in the SOFA.

Financial instruments

The charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently recognised at amortised cost using the effective interest method

Tangible fixed assets

Individual assets costing more than £250 or more are initially recorded at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.

Depreciation and amortisation

Depreciation is provided on tangible fixed assets so as to write off the cost or valuation, less any estimated residual value, over their expected economic life as follows:

Asset class Depreciation method and rate Equipment 25% straight line

Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.

Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.

Creditors

Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.

Fund structure

Unrestricted income funds are general funds that are available for use at the trustee’s discretion in furtherance of the objectives of the charity.

Restricted income funds are those donated for use in a particular area or for specific purposes, the use of which is restricted to that area or purpose.

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Your Park Bristol and Bath Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31[st] December 2021

Accounting estimates and key judgements

In the application of the charity's accounting policies, the trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and underlying assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.

There are no key sources of estimation uncertainty that have a significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements.

2. INCOME FROM DONATIONS AND LEGACIES

Unrestricted Restricted Total 2021 Total 2020
funds funds
£ £ £ £
Grants from Nesta - - - 45,096
Other grants 77,997 69,753 149,768 37,730
Donations from individuals 1,715 8 1,723 15,922
Grants received under CJRS 2,018 - - 15,030
Donations from corporates 2,005 8,500 10,505 13,199
Other donations - 3,482 3,482 -
Donated services and facilities - - - 1,350
83,735 81,743 165,478 128,327

Donated services and facilities in 2020 consisted of office space donated to Your Park during the year.

Prior year comparative Unrestricted Restricted Total 2020
funds funds
£ £ £
Grants from Nesta - 45,096 45,096
Other grants - 37,730 37,730
Donations from individuals 68 15,854 15,922
Grants received under CJRS 15,030 - 15,030
Donations from corporates 2,399 10,800 13,199
Donated services and facilities 1,350 - 1,350
18,847 109,480 128,327

The charity receives government grants, defined as funding from Bristol City Council, Bath & North East Somerset Council, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and National Lottery Community Fund to fund charitable activities. The total value of such grants in the period ending 31 December 2021 was £90,008 (2020: £43,847). There are no unfulfilled conditions or contingencies attaching to these grants either period.

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3. INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES

Volunteer training Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total 2021
Total 2020
£
£
£
£
24
2,276
2,300
1,235		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total 2021
Total 2020
£
£
£
£
24
2,276
2,300
1,235
24
2,276
2,300
1,235
Prior year comparative
Volunteer training		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total 2020
£
£
£
1,235
-
1,235
1,235
-
1,235

4. EXPENDITURE ON RAISING FUNDS

Fundraising services
Staff costs
Communications and publicity
Support costs		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total 2021
Total 2020
£
£
£
£
4,954
11,029
15,983
13,300
18,996
11,087
30,083
12,264
2,991
1,909
4,900
2,891
1,561
2,215
3,776
938		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total 2021
Total 2020
£
£
£
£
4,954
11,029
15,983
13,300
18,996
11,087
30,083
12,264
2,991
1,909
4,900
2,891
1,561
2,215
3,776
938
28,502
26,240
54,742
29,393
Prior year comparative
Fundraising services
Staff costs
Communications and publicity
Support costs		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total 2020
£
£
£
-
13,300
13,300
3,290
8,974
12,264
-
2,891
2,891
295
643
938
3,585
25,808
29,393

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5. EXPENDITURE ON CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES

Staff costs
Other project costs
Support costs
Governance costs		 Staff costs
Other project costs
Support costs
Governance costs		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total 2021
Total 2020
£
£
£
£
43,043
25,121
68,164
43,765
386
38,741
39,127
10,671
3,540
5,021
8,561
3,348
583
1,320
1,903
1,758		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total 2021
Total 2020
£
£
£
£
43,043
25,121
68,164
43,765
386
38,741
39,127
10,671
3,540
5,021
8,561
3,348
583
1,320
1,903
1,758
47,552
70,203
117,755
59,542
Prior year comparative
Staff costs
Other project costs
Support costs
Governance costs		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total 2020
£
£
£
11,740
32,025
43,765
-
10,671
10,671
1,055
2,293
3,348
-
1,758
1,758
12,795
46,747
59,542

6. ANALYSIS OF SUPPORT COSTS

Unrestricted Restricted Total 2021 Total 2020
funds funds
£ £ £ £
Support costs allocated to raising funds
Office costs & other expenses 1,162 1,860 3,022 530
Payroll services 99 79 178 201
Training & conferences 70 - 70 194
Recruitment costs 208 269 477 -
Bank charges 22 7 29 13
1,561 2,215 3,776 938
Support costs allocated to charitable activities
Office costs & other expenses 2,636 4,215 6,851 1,893
Payroll services 224 178 402 717
Training & conferences 159 - 159 691
Recruitment costs 471 611 1,082
Bank charges 50 17 67 47
3,540 5,021 8,561 3,348
5,101 7,236 12,337 4,286

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7. ANALYSIS OF GOVERNANCE COSTS

Independent examination
Insurance		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total 2021
Total 2020
£
£
£
£
-
1,320
1,320
1,200
583
-
583
558
583
1,320
1,903
1,758

100% of governance costs are allocated to charitable activities.

8. GRANTS PAYABLE

The following grants were made to community groups as part of the Love Your Park community grant scheme:

Grants to institutions (13 grants)
Blooming Whiteway
Bristol History & Archaeology Society
Chaplin Road Community Garden
Dame Emily Park Project
Friends of Arnos Court Park
Friends of Avon New Cut
Friends of Doncaster Road
Friends of Manor Woods Valley
Grow Batheaston
Grow Green Carolina
Hartcliffe Millennium Green
Hillfields Community Garden
Redcliffe Gardening Group		 Total 2021
Total 2020
£
£
1,000
665
1,000
1,000
680
1,000
907
1,000
1,000
500
863
999
511
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
11,125
-

9. TRUSTEES REMUNERATION AND EXPENSES

No trustees, nor any person connected with them, have received any remuneration from the charity during the year.

No trustees received reimbursed expenses in 2021 from the charity (2020: £nil).

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10. STAFF COSTS

The aggregate payroll costs were as follows:
The aggregate payroll costs were as follows:
Staff costs during the year were:
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Pension costs
Freelance and other staff costs		 Total 2021
Total 2020
£
£
82,662
54,747
3,037
13
1,613
1,269
10,935
-
98,247
56,029

No employees were paid more than £60,000 during the year.

Head count(excluding periods of furlough) 2021 2020
The average head count during the year: 4.00 2.00
The average head count during the year, based on full-time equivalents: 1.88 1.55

Remuneration of key management personnel

The key management personnel of Your Park comprise the trustees and Foundation Director.

The total employee benefits of the key management personnel were £38,190 (2020: £35,983).

11. TAXATION

Your Park is a registered charity and is therefore exempt from taxation.

12. DEBTORS

Trade debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
Other debtors		 Total 2021
Total 2020
£
£
51,859
800
770
1,359
60
-
52,689
2,159

13. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

Trade creditors
Taxation and social security
Accruals		 Total 2021
Total 2020
£
£
890
93
159
-
1,320
3,900
2,369
3,993

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14. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The total aggregate donations to the charity from 5 trustees during the year were £372 (2020: £0).

15. FUNDS

Unrestricted funds
General
Restricted
Activator
Brickfields Park
College Green
Diversity consultancy
FoG Support Isla
Future Parks
Green Park
Litter Pickers
Nature Fund
NC Project
Nesta (Rethinking Parks)
Netham Pilot
Royal Victoria Ponds
Small grants
Vol Award
Volunteer Support
WellPark
Total funds		 Balance at
1 Jan 2021
Incoming
resources
Resources
expended
Balance at
31 Dec 2021
£
£
£
£
3,994
83,759
76,054
11,699
-
2,500
-
2,500
-
16,085
8,293
7,792
19,618
6,000
24,938
680
-
9,000
3,500
5,500
2,000
-
1,982
18
7,654
11,419
14,182
4,891
2,933
2,080
4,882
131
(25)
2,500
1,509
966
53
614
1,647
(980)
286
-
156
130
30,403
-
14,659
15,744
9,285
3,609
10,510
2,384
3,250
-
-
3,250
1,826
7,652
9,478
-
-
1,574
707
867
-
500
-
500
-
20,486
-
20,486
81,277
167,778
172,497
76,558

RESTRICTED FUNDS

Activator

This fund represents a grant of £2,500 from RSA Climate Change and Education Fund toward our work supporting communities to respond to the climate and ecological emergencies through projects in their local park. Spending to come in 2022.

Brickfields Park

This fund represents a grant of £16,085 from the Postcode Local Trust for a project to revitalise the neglected Brickfields Park in Bath and to support community wellbeing through regular in park activities focused on nature enhancement.

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College Green

This fund represents public donations raised through a crowdfund and a corporate donation from Good Energy to repair the damage caused to College Green during BYS4C strike on 28[th] February 2020. The fund will be used to repair the lawns and support more nature on the site.

Diversity consultancy

This fund represents a grant of £9,000 from Quartet Community Foundation Resilience Fund to employ a researcher to explore the barriers to parks experience by Bristol and Bath’s under represented communities and develop a recommendations report for us to implement in future years.

FoG Support

This fund represents the grant awarded by the Isla Foundation to generate resources and training materials to support Friends of Park Groups in Bristol and Bath.

Future Parks

This fund represents a grant awarded by Bristol City Council’s Future Parks Accelerator Project to support Your Park’s resilience.

Green Park

This fund represents grants awards by Wessex Water and Quartet Community Foundation to pilot community park activities at Green Park in Bath.

Litter Pickers

The fund represents the grant awarded by Keynsham Town Council to support the introduction of community litter picking stations to parks across Bristol and Bath.

Nature Fund

This fund represents public donations to support community led nature projects across Bristol and Bath. Further income is expected in 2022 to cover the deficit of this fund at the end of 2021.

NC Project 001

This fund represents the grant awarded by Bath and North East Somerset Council’s Councillor Empowerment Fund to introduce 3 new benches and steps in Norfolk Crescent Green, Bath.

Nesta (Rethinking Parks)

This fund represents the grants awarded by Nesta to establish the Bristol and Bath Parks Foundation from its Rethinking Parks programme.

Netham Pilot

This fund represents grants awarded by National Lottery Community Fund, Merchant Venturers and Comic Relief to support the pilot of community activities and engagement at Netham Park in Bristol.

Royal Victoria Ponds

This fund represents a donation given to Your Park in 2019 from the Avon Gardens Trust as a first donation towards stage 2 of the Royal Victoria Ponds project which will involve repairing, restoring and sorting out the circulation and filtering of the water in the cascade and the bottom pond.

Small grants

This fund represents public and corporate donations towards a small grant programme to support community led projects that support health and wellbeing, biodiversity and nature, and community cohesion.

Vol Award 21

This fund represents work with Bristol City Council and Bath and North East Somerset Council to deliver the first annual recognition scheme for park volunteers in both cities .

Volunteer Support

This fund represents a grant from the Coop towards a volunteer event that will take place in 2022.

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WellPark

This fund represents a grant from Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire CCG to deliver a green social prescribing project in South and East Bristol in 2022.

Prior year comparative
Balance at
1 Jan 2020
Incoming
resources
Resources
expended
Balance at
31 Dec 2020
£
£
£
£
Unrestricted funds
General
292
18,732
15,030
3,994
Restricted
Rethinking Parks (Nesta)
37,108
46,446
53,151
30,403
College Green
-
24,775
5,157
19,618
FoG Support
-
2,000
-
2,000
Future Parks
-
18,381
10,727
7,654
Green Park
-
3,500
567
2,933
Litter Pickers
-
804
829
(25)
Nature Fund
-
53
-
53
NC Project 001
-
3,000
2,714
286
Netham Pilot
-
10,045
760
9,285
Small grants
-
1,826
-
1,826
Royal Victoria Ponds
3,250
-
-
3,250
Total funds
40,650
129,562
88,935
81,277		 Prior year comparative
Balance at
1 Jan 2020
Incoming
resources
Resources
expended
Balance at
31 Dec 2020
£
£
£
£
Unrestricted funds
General
292
18,732
15,030
3,994
Restricted
Rethinking Parks (Nesta)
37,108
46,446
53,151
30,403
College Green
-
24,775
5,157
19,618
FoG Support
-
2,000
-
2,000
Future Parks
-
18,381
10,727
7,654
Green Park
-
3,500
567
2,933
Litter Pickers
-
804
829
(25)
Nature Fund
-
53
-
53
NC Project 001
-
3,000
2,714
286
Netham Pilot
-
10,045
760
9,285
Small grants
-
1,826
-
1,826
Royal Victoria Ponds
3,250
-
-
3,250
Total funds
40,650
129,562
88,935
81,277		 Prior year comparative
Balance at
1 Jan 2020
Incoming
resources
Resources
expended
Balance at
31 Dec 2020
£
£
£
£
Unrestricted funds
General
292
18,732
15,030
3,994
Restricted
Rethinking Parks (Nesta)
37,108
46,446
53,151
30,403
College Green
-
24,775
5,157
19,618
FoG Support
-
2,000
-
2,000
Future Parks
-
18,381
10,727
7,654
Green Park
-
3,500
567
2,933
Litter Pickers
-
804
829
(25)
Nature Fund
-
53
-
53
NC Project 001
-
3,000
2,714
286
Netham Pilot
-
10,045
760
9,285
Small grants
-
1,826
-
1,826
Royal Victoria Ponds
3,250
-
-
3,250
Total funds
40,650
129,562
88,935
81,277
Prior year comparative
Unrestricted funds
General
Restricted
Rethinking Parks (Nesta)
College Green
FoG Support
Future Parks
Green Park
Litter Pickers
Nature Fund
NC Project 001
Netham Pilot
Small grants
Royal Victoria Ponds
Total funds		 Balance at
1 Jan 2020
Incoming
resources
Resources
expended
Balance at
31 Dec 2020
£
£
£
£
292
18,732
15,030
3,994
37,108
46,446
53,151
30,403
-
24,775
5,157
19,618
-
2,000
-
2,000
-
18,381
10,727
7,654
-
3,500
567
2,933
-
804
829
(25)
-
53
-
53
-
3,000
2,714
286
-
10,045
760
9,285
-
1,826
-
1,826
3,250
-
-
3,250
40,650
129,562
88,935
81,277

16. ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS

Current assets
Current liabilities
Total net assets		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total funds
£
£
£
11,858
67,069
78,927
(159)
(2,210)
(2,369)
11,699
64,859
76,558

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our Park Bristol and Bath
otes to the Accounts
or the year ended 31st December 2021		 our Park Bristol and Bath
otes to the Accounts
or the year ended 31st December 2021		 our Park Bristol and Bath
otes to the Accounts
or the year ended 31st December 2021
Prior year comparative
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total funds
£
£
£
Current assets
3,994
81,276
85,270
Current liabilities
-
(3,993)
(3,993)
Total net assets
3,994
77,283
81,277
Prior year comparative
Current assets
Current liabilities
Total net assets		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total funds
£
£
£
3,994
81,276
85,270
-
(3,993)
(3,993)
3,994
77,283
81,277

17. PRIOR PERIOD COMPARATIVES: STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

Income from:
Donations and legacies
Charitable activities
Total income
Raising funds
Charitable activities
Total expenditure
Net income
Transfer between funds
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total
2020
£
£
£
18,847
109,480
128,327
1,235
-
1,235
20,082
109,480
129,562
3,585
25,808
29,393
12,795
46,747
59,542
16,380
72,555
88,935
3,702
36,925
40,627
-
-
-
3,702
36,925
40,627
292
40,358
40,650
3,994
77,283
81,277

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