## **CASTLEFIELD FORUM** 

## 2022: A Year in Review – Trustee’s Annual Report Annual Review 2021 

## Executive Summar y 

## **Welcome to our latest annual report.** 

2022 represented a monumental year for Castlefield with the opening of the Castlefield Viaduct pilot project which includes our own Castlefield Forum community plot up in the sky. A huge stand-out not only for our organisation for the long-term future of our community, the full viaduct scheme will have ramifications and great impact far beyond our own neighbourhood. 

Initially scheduled to run from summer 2022 until late summer 2023, the pilot scheme has already been extended until late 2024. Over 95% of visitors to the pilot want to see the viaduct park become a permanent Manchester fixture. We are working very hard behind the scenes with the National Trust to make that a reality. 

**We continue to divide our work into our core themes of cleaner, greener, safer and better.** 



## About Us 

Castlefield Forum is a voluntary, community group established in 2009 with the key aim of making Castlefield a better place for local residents, businesses, workers and visitors. 


## **Membership is open to anyone who lives, works or has an interest in Castlefield.** 

Recognising the need to create a more formal structure, we made an application for charitable status and became a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (Associate model) in April 2019. 

The Forum meets publicly three times a year and meetings and action groups are open to all. Our elected Trustees typically meet twice a quarter and feed back to the wider Forum. 

As Trustees, we hold ourselves accountable so further ahead you will find more detail, laid out by quarter, of how we have achieved against our objectives, as well as a narrative around some of the challenges we have had. It’s worth mentioning that the majority of the Trustees also have day jobs, and those who are retired also have a myriad of other commitments, so sometimes things do not move quite as fast as we had planned. We are also heavily reliant on third parties to deliver some of our aspirations (plus we like to set ourselves ambitious but realistic goals). 

## **The Trustees run our action groups which help to address our four key themes: Cleaner, Green, Safer and Better.** 

**Our Trustee activity is planned in a quarterly cadence using quarterly objectives. Find out more about our action groups in the Appendix.** 

## Trustee News 

The Forum is run by you, for you. Without the Trustees the Forum would not exist. None of us are paid, some work full or part time, none of us bring egos and we all strive for a better neighbourhood, so a huge thank you to them all for their hard work. The pandemic has taught us that one does not need to be physically in Castlefield to have a positive impact on Castlefield. 

Sadly after many years great communications activity Debbie Hubbard stepped down at our Feb 2022 AGM. Carol Rawsthorne (nee Middleton), long-time chair and trustee also announced plans to retire. Both Debbie and Carol’s selfless commitment to our neighbourhood has left Castlefield in a far better place and both will be sorely missed, thank you both indeed for your impact. 

At the time of writing, we gained three new Trustees, Ian Hay, Russell Eckersley and Line Hilton. Ian joined as our first trustee from a Castlefield business, as the owner of Saul Hay Gallery, allowing us to widen our knowledge, contacts and understanding of our community. Russell first approached us in 2021 with regards to a potential loss of amenity with some trees near the canal to be felled. His quick thinking helped to preserve the vast majority of those trees. It was then in early 2022, Russell approached us again with an interest in the viaduct, and has absolutely blown away with his ability to get stuff done and acted as a key delivery lead to ensure our community plot was delivered on time. 

Similarly, Line’s natural curiosity led her to get involved with our viaduct project and has since been hands-on with various rounds of planting and maintenance activity. 



## Financial U date p 

We continue to pursue the Manchester City Council Neighbourhood Investment Fund as and when the need arises. To reduce our reliance on one source we have also applied for other pots of money and were, for example, successful in being awarded a grant from the National Trust. 

**Notable awards and funding in 2021/22 included:** 

- NIF of £11,892.59 to support the Forum’s plot on the viaduct including the refresh for spring 

- £2,850 Screen Manchester donations (For Castlefield filming, such as Peaky Blinders in April 2021) 

- £1,200 donation from First Central to support Clean and Green 

- £200 donation from the YMCA for Clean and Green towards hanging baskets of pots and plants 

- A bequest from our late founder and secretary, Ian Christie, which the Trustees are currently deciding the best way to utilise. 

**It is important to note that the vast majority of our funds are restricted as they are allocated against specific action group initiatives.** 

We will submit examined accounts as part of our annual submission to the Charities Commission which is also published to members. 

## Clean and Green Wins 

Clean & green activity continued to thrive and this included a full second season of our community vegetable garden and two Level Five Outstanding awards from the RHS. 

Thank you Nena for pulling together the numbers; an amazing set of statistics although not quite the absolute maximum we had in 2021, but we was expected things to drop off as the world got back to normal after the pandemic. The key challenge this year is to at least sustain the brilliant impact from 2022. 

**For 2022 versus 2021:** 

- **812 Volunteer hours (was 1027)** 

- **53 Events (was 81)** 

- **383 Bags of litter collected (was 603)** 

We have for the first time started to work jointly with both Castlefield ward neighbourhood delivery officers, providing a more holistic approach to the area. Additionally we have identified the need for our own ‘Environmental Coordinator’, a new vacancy we have created and are looking to fill in due course. 

## **RHS In Bloom** 

- Level 5 Outstanding for our Castlefield Viaduct community plot 

- Level 5 Outstanding for Castlefield as a neighbourhood 




## **Safer** 

- We have grown to 60% the number of apartment developments who are in our private WhatsApp Safety Group. Think of it as an early warning tool for any bother that gets spotted. 

- We had several well-attended community engagement sessions with GMP. 

- We have seen a notable decrease in ASB incidents in Castlefield Bowl (we assume because post-pandemic most things are back to normal and thus people have other things to do. 

- Graffiti continues to blight our community and the lack of a joined up approach from the Council continues to hold us back. 

## **Better** 

- In recognition of our community impact we won an award from the Lord Mayor of Manchester. 


- In partnership with the Kindling Trust and the Y Club/Castlefield Hotel, we launched a trial organic vegetable box scheme. 

- We ran our first-ever live project with the Manchester School of Architecture Masters students. This is an initiative we are revisiting for 2023. 

- We secured a place on the delivery board for Castlefield Viaduct. The board is led by National. Trust; Calum sits on the board to represent community interest. 

- The pilot scheme which opened to the public in June 2022 sailed through the planning system with ease. All eyes are now on the success of the pilot because the engagement and ideas from the 12-month scheme will help to drive the full and final proposition. The time frame to deliver the final scheme is anywhere from 2025 onwards; this is subject to which option goes forward, design, funding and planning consent, construction and operational readiness. 

- 2022 was the year that we also decided as Trustees to reduce the number of public meetings from 4 to 3. This reduces the burden on planning the event. 

- Alongside that, official membership via our mailing list as well as more informal indicators (such as social media numbers) are as per 2021 the strongest we have ever seen. 

## **2023 focus** 

- The year of CSR 

- Update and share our longer-term vision and strategy for Castlefield 

- Street tree policy put into action 

- Continue to build and cement strategic partnerships with other 

- organisations with whom we work 

   - Work with National Trust on developing viaduct scheme for the full permanent) project 

   - Fill our currency vacancies including Environmental Coordinator 

   - Roman Gardens improvement project 



## Updates by Quarter 

2021 was the first time that as Trustees we broke down our objectives into clear quarterly goals. Each objective has measures under it, graded from **Good** (the minimum we would like to achieve) to **Great** to **Incredible** . 

At our public meetings we typically present our objectives plus results from the previous quarter. To get involved with any of our activities, please get in touch (contact details are in the Appendix below). 

## **January-March (Q1 2022)** 


## **Castlefield Viaduct: community pilot plot** 

- We spent a huge amount of time pulling together our final designs for our plot. We faced an uphill battle of evermoving goal posts and in the end did not hit our targets of locking down the design, costs or contractor. Spoiler alert: we came good in end and were ready in time for the official opening 

- We attended a press release and media event on 7th March; our Vice Chair Lou Pullan featured on BBC North West Tonight 

- We attended and spoke at the official National Trust Fundraiser kick-off on 28th March 


## **Increase coverage of community safety network from 33%** 

- We hit 45% coverage of our private WhatsApp group and also got one ward councillor on board and into the group 

- Great GMP police engagement session at The Wharf on 28th February where 13 people showed up (this is likely a historic record). 

## **To have an always-on programme of environmental work** 

- The Clean & Green Castlefield group had a good quarter and cleared and expanded the community veg patch ready for the summer growing season 

- Had volunteers babysit veggie seedlings 


## **Clean-up of graffiti** 

- Fixing our interpretation sign boards: three need fixing and all 

- need deep cleaning so our neighbourhood office Janet Reilly began the process of sorting this. 

- Plans submitted for Deansgate ward private buildings to be 

- cleaned as MCC had offered to do a one-time clean (but as you’ll see later, the impact was very limited indeed). 

## **Utilise current funding and CSR offers to improve the Roman Gardens** 

   - We had major delays to getting our new North Gate lighting 

   - installed with a variety of reasons & excuses from third parties 

   - We also had repeated delays on the third-party commitment 

   - to get the East-West pathway built and as this is being built as a kind gesture we will wait for this to happen when. 

- We restarted engagement with United Utilities on the proposed rain garden. 

## **Membership attendance @ February AGM** 

- We beat all our targets and had 40 members and 10 trustees present 



## **April-June (Q2)** 

Q2 was all about Viaduct pilot opening readiness. We had a hunch that we would spend an awful lot of time this quarter focused on the viaduct (we were right), and so we took on fewer targets than normal. 

## **Castlefield Viaduct: community pilot plot** 

- We spent an inordinate amount of this quarter planning and finalising our plot; well done, team! We have joked we could have more easily built a nuclear power station by now… and it’s important to recognise the extensive efforts that Russ Eckersley went to help manage the logistics behind our scheme 

- In this quarter, we managed to get our planters installed and the planting complete 

## **To have an always-on program of environmental work** 


- The triangular patch of land just off Chester Road/Blantyre Street was remediated and seed bombed to produce a wildflower garden. The site has also been identified as a potential place for new street trees. 

- The graffiti free clean-up was almost pointless: not many buildings or developments signed up to the free clean-up proposed by the city council. Thus the impact was extremely limited. 

- Despite weeks and weeks of waiting, our interpretation signboards were still not fixed, with them still looking scruffy when the viaduct pilot open. Not a great welcome :( 

## **Increase coverage of community safety network** 

- With so much viaduct focus, we had limited time to focus on this target - a concerted push that happened towards the back end of the year. 


## **Utilise current funding and CSR offers to improve the Roman Gardens** 

- Multiple frustrations on the project including further delays to the 

- lighting and East-West pathway meant that we didn’t deliver any impact this quarter. Despite initial positive noises, our discussions for the rain garden with United Utilities drew an unhelpful blank. 

## **Increase Trustee resilience and skillset** 

   - Russell Eckersley joined us as a Trustee, bringing with him, a fantastical, 

   - horticultural, passion, and knowledge, as well as an ability to get stuff done. Welcome to the team! 

- Graham Hampton joined us from Thessaloniki as our new Comms Lead; he has helped fill a skills gap that we’ve had for several months and with his irreverent style has been a great addition to the team. 

## **Reaching wider: a longer-term goal** 

- This was not a quarterly target, but remains a permanent long-term aim to both build our stature in Manchester and the impact we have. 

- MSA Live complete: our first-ever formal project with Manchester School of Architecture. We worked with a group of finally a master students who coached a younger group through a two-week design sprint. There are some great outputs on how to tackle key problem spaces in Castlefield, including the Bowl, around Ellesmere Street and the 

   - empty patch of land on the corner of Beaufort and Duke. We were thrilled by the process and the overall outputs, and we will be working again with the School in 2023. 

- Part of our aim is to break down, barriers and work, more closely with other neighbouring community groups and so we conducted planting in Sackville Gardens 

- CSR has gone big, to the point that we can’t handle all of the request we kept getting (an incredible problem that we have never had before) 



## **July-September (Q3)** 

## **Viaduct: support the pilot and input directly into the full scheme** 

- THE VIADUCT OPENED! We cannot overstate how monumental this milestone is. The viaduct has never been open to the public and for the first time ever it’s now possible to walk along the deck. This is the start of a very long and exciting journey and we are very proud and thrilled to be part of it. 

- We managed to get our own Castlefield community plot, ready on time for the opening, along with our huge 300 kg piece of sculpture which has received glowing reviews. 

- We appeared on the front page of the National Trust’s national magazine with a multipage article, including quotes from ourselves 


- The free hard hat tours were a success 

- Viaduct continued to receive good press coverage and great visitor feedback 

- Established an improved and closer working relationship with Duncan Laird (Director of Urban Places) at National Trust 

## **Spirit of Place: to help us become thriving as an organisation** 

- £500 donation received from Software Acumen; despite being based in Cambridge, they are very aware of our community activity and wanted to make a contribution 

- A potential offer of Spirit of Place / strategy development emerged from a visitor to Castlefield. Although the offer never galvanised into a real proposition, we were given access to multiple assets to help us on our own journey. 

## **Taking pride in our infrastructure, assets and buildings** 

- A new monthly Forum to tackle environmental issues in line with the viaduct pilot opening was set up by the city council and included Bridgewater Canal Company, Transport for Greater Manchester, Manchester Central, Network Rail, the National Trust as well as ourselves. Q3 wins included: 

- the lift reinstated on Beaufort Street 

- the stairs next to it repainted & the lighting fixed 

- temporary fencing repairs to stop cars parking on corner of Beaufort/Duke St 

- all our Castlefield signage finally cleaned up and 3 missing boards reinstated 

- (double) yellow lines reinstated on Southern Street, Duke Street, Bridgewater Street, Beaufort Street 

- graffiti removed on sections of railway arches owned by TfGM (but sadly not yet by Network Rail...) 

- old fashioned street lamps reinstated outside Dimitri's 

- Challenges remained though as Network Rail have an extensive wait time to get graffiti removed and in the mean time it continues to flourish thereby attracting more… 

## **Increase Trustee resilience and skillset** 

- We drafted our first ever Castlefield Forum “playbook”, which helps to explain how we get stuff done as trustees and is intended to act as a helpful reference point based on board new trustees and for existing members of the team 

## **Utilise current funding and CSR offers to improve the Roman Gardens** 

- We began exploratory works for the lighting in the Roman gardens, and were disheartened to discover partway through this process that in fact, our planning application had lapsed. It turns out that conditions attached to the planning consent had not been discharged in time over the pandemic and so we were in breach of the planning permission. We therefore had to halt the works and explore a new route through the problem. 



## **October-December (Q4)** 

## **Increase % coverage of community safety network for apartment blocks** 

- Kick-started safety group again and managed to exit the year with reasonable coverage (60%) of the apartment blocks in Castlefield 

## **Clean & Green strategic growth** 

- Viaduct bulb planting: we planted over 500 bulbs in our community plot and received neighbourhood investment fund funding to finance it. Unfortunately, we also had an infestation of vermin, who decided to dig up plenty of the bulbs so we’ve had to then attend to this! 

- We planted bulbs on Ellesmere Street, which will help to build an impact in the southern part of Castlefield 

- We filled our open vacancy for an environmental coordinator, although unfortunately the person has since stepped down, so this remains an open challenge for 2023 

## **Improve our neighbourhood spirit of place** 

- We launched an organic vegetable box scheme in December and worked in partnership with the Kindling Trust and the 


   - Castlefield Hotel to make this a reality. We really hope that this flourishes and becomes a permanent feature in 2023. 

- For those of you sad enough (like me!!!) with an interest in double yellow lines, You will be pleasantly flabbergasted to know that Rice Street has been re-done top to bottom with entirely thin heritage lines. 

- We started discussions with City of Trees on our first-ever (street) tree policy 

• We were encouraged to apply for NIF to do Christmas lights on Liverpool Road and by Atlas Bar; after Russell spent a lot of time on the application, only part of it was accepted. In the end, however, Janet managed to find some extra funding and so we delivered the scheme as planned and delivered a great impact. Unfortunately, all of the bureaucracy meant that we only had a couple of weeks of real impact so we will start the process much earlier in 2023. 

• We had our student Masters project proposal accepted by the Manchester School of Architecture 

## **Viaduct Phase 2: working with the NT’s delivery board** 

• We gained a seat on the delivery board for the Castlefield Viaduct. This is a monumental win, because it means we can have a real influence over the direction of the project and ensure that it delivers something fit for purpose for as many people as possible. Thank you to the National Trust for inviting us to join the board. 

- Ian Hay worked with Cotton on Mcr to deliver a joint proposal for an arts program for the viaduct for 2023 

## **Comms strategy** 

- We launched our first ever members survey around our approach to communicating with them, so that we can build a simple but robust comms strategy and make sure we get the most out of our limited bandwidth 

- We delivered our first newsletter; huge thanks to Graham for leading and preparing it 

- 2022 exit stats versus 2021: 

   - Official members signed up: 320 on MailChimp database, of which 304 are subscribers (was 251 signed up) 

   - Facebook members on Forum: 4,300 (was 4,100) 

   - Twitter followers: 3,600 (was 3,283) 

   - Instagram followers: (a channel we have reignited): 483 

   - Facebook for Clean & Green Castlefield: 672 (was 550) 

   - Social media links can be found in the Appendix 



## **Roman Gardens revamp** 

- With time ebbing away to get our East-West passway built for us, Lou has stepped up to lead on the project and restarted the process to get our planning application re-approved. BDP also leaned in to confirm they will help to get the project over the line. 

## **Biggest challenges ahead: short, medium and long term** 

## **Strategy** 

Just because we are volunteers and just because we are a small organisation doesn’t mean we shouldn’t have a robust long-term strategy. We’ve tried before, pre-pandemic, and it’s time to make 2023 is the year when we firm up where we want to take Castlefield next. Trustees have inputted their ideas and early to mid 2023 will see us publish a longer term view of where next. 

## **Factory International** 

We are tremendously excited for the new home of MIF to open and for the impact it will have on the arts scene. Located inside the Castlefield Conservation Area, we are keen to build a good working relationship with the team at Factory International and have already had our first meeting with Dean Meehan who heads up operations. We will not know the true impact on the local area on things such as access, egress, noise and parking until the venue opens so it’s important we maintain a strong relationship with the venue. 


## **People** 

Neighbourhood engagement, notably with existing communities in Hulme and Ordsall plus residents from: 

- 

- Castlefield; and 

- Under construction and proposed towers in St John’s, Trinity Islands and Great 

- Jackson Street. 

## **Trustees** 

Bringing on board skills and experience to not only keep our organisation resilient but to help us flourish and help us deliver on longer-term grand plans, including the full viaduct scheme and realisation of our Spirit of Place ambitions. 

## **Castlefield Viaduct** 

After Factory International, the permanent viaduct scheme will represent the biggest-ever single investment in Castlefield for a public project and the biggestever public realm project in our neighbourhood. We can’t wait but we also know that huge challenges remain with regards to funding, and that we need to be realistic that this is a long-haul project. 

## **Increased traffic and footfall** 

With Factory International completed and in full use, Water Street permanently 


closed to traffic, the St John's neighbourhood nearing completion and Castlefield Viaduct literally on the horizon, there will be more people living, visiting or working in Castlefield than ever. This will present challenges around parking, idling vehicles, pollution and of course the inevitable outflow of thousands of people from each and every Factory event. Aside from the annual flurry of ‘Sounds of the City’ gigs, we have never had to deal with sustained large volumes of people. We will monitor things carefully as new buildings and spaces come on stream, grow our relationship with Factory International and lean on help from the Council if any interventions are required. 




## **Graffiti…** 

…which continues to blight Castlefield. How might we address this? How might we turn a problem into an opportunity? We have started discussions around a more formal public arts programme but the time diverted to the Viaduct scuppered any chance to address this. The city centre has had some great successes with turning blank and unloved surfaces into public art; save for not having enough time to make it happen, there is no reason we cannot eventually replicate the best bits of this in Castlefield. 


## **Funding and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)** 

CSR is both a challenge and an opportunity in the right now we literally cannot process or manage all of the offers of help we are receiving. 

The Forum has grand ambitions for Castlefield (including but not limited to the viaduct) and as a small community organisation with a busy set of Trustees, trying to acquire the right levels of help and or funding and to coordinate our ambitions and deliver against them is difficult. In essence a chicken and egg situation: wild ambitions but not enough capacity to pursue the very funding which would unlock our ambitions. 

## **Climate Emergency** 

It goes without saying that climate change brings an incredible set of challenges to the planet and right down at local level we need a much clearer plan of how we can all act differently to help drive real change. The Forum is only at the beginning of this journey and we would readily welcome any extra support. 

The viaduct represents a real opportunity to help drive more active travel, and in some sense will be a small contribution to change. 

## Closin Remarks g 

We start 2023 with some very big tasks, challenges and opportunities ahead. Please continue to support us interactively and don’t hesitate to get stuck in if improving your neighbourhood means something to you. 

Finally, a reminder that the Forum exists by you, for you. A huge thank you to all of our Trustees who helped to keep the Forum diverse, alive and thriving. And if you feel like you might want to get involved yourself, just get in touch. 

**Calum McGowan Chair - Castlefield Forum** 





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## **Our organisation** 

Organisational overview for the period ending 20[th] March 2023. 

Trustees who served during the year: 

1. Calum McGowan (Chair) 

2. Lou Pullan (Vice-Chair) 

3. Giles Grover (Treasurer) 

4. James Bowers (Secretary) 

5. B Hunter 

6. Carol Rawsthorne (Stepped down in Jan 2023) 

7. Gary Rumens 

8. Ian Hay 

9. Ian McIlveen 

10. Line Hilton 

11. Nena Adrienne 

12. Russell Eckersley 

## **Action Groups** 

## **Clean & Green Castlefield** 

- To work in conjunction with Manchester City Council (MCC) and other local partners to keep the area attractive, green and tidy 

- Expanding the group’s remit to maintain and develop green spaces, including community growing space 

- Delivering an exciting new strategy which takes us to the end of 2023 and beyond 

- To work in liaison with MCC and local partners to present a credible entry to the ‘It’s Your Neighbourhood’ section of North West in Bloom, aiming for a Level 5 ‘Outstanding’ award each year 

## **Events, Marketing, Media & Signage** 

(This group was largely paused with Debbie Hubbard stepping down) 

- To raise the profile of Castlefield within the city, to develop our own events and contribute to 

- events organised by others. 

- To increase financial self-reliance for the Forum by developing Castlefield’s marketing potential, 

- including improving our website. 

- To extend our programme of replacing damaged and out-of-date signage by producing new 

- interpretative signs for new locations throughout the area. 

## **Roman Gardens** 

- Delivering against our original masterplan to realise exciting, inspiring urban retreat in Manchester city centre 

## **Spirit of Place & Castlefield Viaduct** 

- Building on our work with the National Trust to understand the spirit of Castlefield, including its value to the city of Manchester and beyond, its heritage, people, buildings, open spaces, structures, waterways and stories. 

- Supporting the National Trust’s consultation, fundraising and delivery of the viaduct pilot (opened July 2022) and development of the full scheme 

- Deliver & maintain the Castlefield community plot on the viaduct (opened July 2022) 

We have medium-term ambitions to spin up a specific fundraising group but we simply don't have the capacity to pursue this at present. 



## **Social Media** 

- Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourcastlefield/ 

- On Twitter – https://twitter.com/ourcastlefield 

- Facebook Clean and Green Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/cleangreencastlefield 

- On Twitter – https://twitter.com/CGCastlefield 

- Join us as a member by contacting info@ourcastlefield.co.uk (opt out / leave at any time) 


## **Administration** 

Address: 73 Liverpool Road, Manchester, M3 4AQ 

Auditor: Dan Coles FCCA 

Bankers: Co-operative Bank, Manchester 



## **CASTLEFIELD FORUM** 

# **ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30/04/2022** 



**Treasurer's Report** 

I have prepared the accounts for Castlefield Forum for the year ending 30th April 2022. 

These accounts comprise an Income & Expenditure overview and a Balance Sheet to provide visibility on general and restricted funds held. 

All payments made have been verified by invoice copies. 

No audit has yet been carried out on these accounts but, in my opinion as Treasurer, they represent a true and fair view of Income & Expenditure for the period. 

These accounts will now be reviewed by an independent examiner. 


Giles Grover 20th January 2023 



**Income Expenditure** 

||**Y/E: 30/04/2022**||**General**<br>**Funds**<br>£<br>2,968<br>3,050|**General**<br>**Funds**<br>£<br>2,968<br>3,050|**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**Total**<br>£<br>£<br>2,968<br>3,050<br>2,574<br>2,574<br>11,893<br>11,893<br>2,300<br>2,300<br>0<br>0<br>1,000<br>1,000|**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**Total**<br>£<br>£<br>2,968<br>3,050<br>2,574<br>2,574<br>11,893<br>11,893<br>2,300<br>2,300<br>0<br>0<br>1,000<br>1,000|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|**Income & Expenditure**|||||||
|**Income**<br>Donations - Individuals<br>Donations - Castlefield Filming<br>MCC - Roman Gardens<br>MCC - Castlefield Viaduct<br>Clean & Green - NIF<br>Manchester Cladiators - NIF<br>Pioneer Quay - NIF<br>**Total income**<br>**Expenditure**<br>Roman Gardens<br>Castlefield Viaduct<br>Clean & Green<br>Manchester Cladiators<br>Pioneer Quay<br>AGM Expenses<br>Zoom Subscription<br>Public Liability Insurance<br>**Total Expenditure**<br>**Surplus/(deficit)**|||||||
|||||**6,018**<br>167<br>144<br>379||**17,767**<br>**23,784**<br>7,551<br>7,551<br>3,900<br>3,900<br>1,940<br>1,940<br>0<br>0<br>1,000<br>1,000<br>167<br>144<br>379|
|||||**690**||**14,391**<br>**15,081**|
|||||**5,327**||**3,376**<br>**8,703**|





**Statement of Financial Position** 

||**Y/E: 30/04/2022**||**General Funds**<br>6,179<br>0|**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>35,328<br>0|**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>35,328<br>0|**Total**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|**Statement of financial position**|||||||
|**Assets**<br>Bank balance<br>Petty cash<br>Total<br>**Liabilities**<br>Charity General funds (repayable)<br>Restricted funds (repayable)<br>**Total assets less liabilities**<br>**Reserves**<br>B/f:<br>Movement in reserves (surplus/(deficit))<br>**Reserves c/f:**|||||||
|||||||41,487|
|||||||20|
||||6,179||35,328|41,507|
||||0<br>0||0<br>0||
||||||||
||||||||
|||||||0|
|||||||0|
||||0||0|0|
||||||||
||||**6,179**||**35,328**|**41,507**|
||||852<br>5,327||31,952<br>3,376||
|||||||32,804|
|||||||8,703|
||||**6,179**||**35,328**|**41,507**|





**Reserves** 

||**Y/E: 30/04/2022**||**General Funds**<br>852<br>5,327|**General Funds**<br>852<br>5,327||**Restricted**<br>**Funds**|**Restricted**<br>**Funds**|**Total**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|**Changes in reserves**|||||||||
|**Movement in General funds**<br>C/f 2021 (2020)<br>Surplus/deficit Current year<br>Total General funds<br>**Movement in Restricted funds**<br>Roman Gardens<br>Castlefield Viaduct<br>MCC Clean & Green - Held in<br>Trust<br>Manchester Cladiators - Held in<br>Trust<br>Pioneer Quay - Held in Trust<br>Total Restricted funds<br>**Total Reserves**|||||||||
|||||**6,179**|||**0**|**6,179**|
||||**2021**<br>30,982<br>0<br>440<br>530<br>0||**Current Year**<br>**Total**<br>-4,977<br>26,005<br>7,993<br>7,993<br>360<br>800<br>0<br>530<br>0<br>0||||
||||**31,952**||**3,376**<br>**35,328**||||
||||**6,179**||**35,328**<br>**41,507**||||





**- Banking Detailed Analysis** 

|||**Details**|**Opening**<br>**Balance**<br>**(01/05/202**|**Roman**<br>**Gardens**|**Castlefield**<br>**Viaduct**|**Clean &**<br>**Green NIF**|**Manchester**<br>**Cladiators**<br>**NIF**|**Pioneer**<br>**Quay NIF**|**Filming**<br>**Donation**|**Individual**<br>**Donations**|**Forum**<br>**Admin**<br>**Expenses**||**General**<br>**Funds**|**Restricted**<br>**Funds**|**Non-**<br>**Forum**<br>**Funds**<br>**Held in**<br>**Trust**|**Closing**<br>**Balance at**<br>**30/04/22**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**1)**||||||||||||||
|**B/f**|||||||||||||852.00|30,982.00|970.00||
||||||||||||||||||
|21/05/2021||PioneerQuay- NIF||||||1,000.00|||||||1,000.00||
|24/05/2021||Amazon||||||||8.02|||8.02||||
|24/05/2021||Calum Donation||||||||20.00|||20.00||||
|01/06/2021||NorthGate Lighting||-7,550.78||||||||||-7,550.78|||
|01/06/2021||James Donation||||||||5.00|||5.00||||
|01/06/2021||Roman Gardens NIF||2,574.20||||||||||2,574.20|||
|08/06/2021||Gary- GBSC Refreshments||||||||-23.00|||-23.00||||
|08/06/2021||Gary- C&G NIF||||-440.00|||||||||-440.00||
|10/06/2021||Pioneer Quay- NIF||||||-1,000.00|||||||-1,000.00||
|22/06/2021||Calum Donation||||||||20.00|||20.00||||
|22/07/2021||Calum Donation||||||||20.00|||20.00||||
|30/07/2021||Screen Mcr|||||||2,500.00||||2,500.00||||
|17/08/2021||Amazon||||||||14.52|||14.52||||
|23/08/2021||Calum Donation||||||||20.00|||20.00||||
|22/09/2021||Calum Donation||||||||20.00|||20.00||||
|22/10/2021||Calum Donation||||||||20.00|||20.00||||
|22/10/2021||Screen Mcr|||||||200.00||||200.00||||
|08/11/2021||RBIG - P/L|||||||||-379.23||-379.23||||
|16/11/2021||MCC - NIF||||||||200.00|||200.00||||





**- Banking Detailed Analysis** 

|19/11/2021||First Central Donation||||600.00|||||||||600.00||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|22/11/2021||Calum Donation||||||||20.00|||20.00||||
|13/12/2021||Amazon||||||||11.51|||11.51||||
|22/12/2021||Calum Donation||||||||20.00|||20.00||||
|20/01/2022||B Hunter - Zoom|||||||||-143.88||-143.88||||
|24/01/2022||Calum Donation||||||||20.00|||20.00||||
|31/01/2022||Screen Mcr|||||||350.00||||350.00||||
|22/02/2022||Calum Donation||||||||20.00|||20.00||||
|23/02/2022||Amazon||||||||11.48|||11.48||||
|25/02/2022||Ian Christie - Bequest||||||||2,500.00|||2,500.00||||
|04/03/2022||First Central Donation||||600.00|||||||||600.00||
|15/03/2022||YMCA Donation - HangingBaskets||||200.00|||||||||200.00||
|16/03/2022||B Hunter - Viaduct Domain Names|||-29.96|||||||||-29.96|||
|17/03/2022||MCC - NIF - C&G||||900.00|||||||||900.00||
|21/03/2022||MCC - NIF - Viaduct|||10,000.00|||||||||10,000.00|||
|22/03/2022||Calum Donation||||||||20.00|||20.00||||
|24/03/2022||Lazerian - Viaduct Artwork|||-3,870.00|||||||||-3,870.00|||
|30/03/2022||MCC - NIF - Viaduct|||1,892.59|||||||||1,892.59|||
|06/04/2022||James - AGM Expenses|||||||||-167.30||-167.30||||
|06/04/2022||Nena - MCC - NIF||||-900.00|||||||||-900.00||
|13/04/2022||First Central - C&G - Gary||||-600.00|||||||||-600.00||
|22/04/2022||Calum Donation||||||||20.00|||20.00||||
||||£0.00|-£4,976.58|£7,992.63|£360.00|£0.00|£0.00|£3,050.00|£2,967.53|-£690.41||£6,179.12|£33,998.05|£1,330.00|**£41,507.17**|





**Petty Cash** 

|Petty Cash Balance as at 30/04/2021<br>Expenditure<br>Petty Cash Balance as at 30/04/2022|**£**<br>20.17<br>-*|
|---|---|
||**£20.17**|



*No petty cash movements as all payments now made via online banking. 



Dan Coles FCCA 26/01/2023 

FAO: Giles Grover Treasurer Castlefield Forum Manchester 

Dear Giles, 

Thanks for the attached supporting information in your emails. I report to the trust my examination of the accounts of Castlefield Forum (the Charity) for the year ended 30 April 2022. 

I have completed an examination of the provided set of accounts and supporting documentation. 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: 

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; or 

3) the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 

I have identified what I believe to be an error in transposing the petty cash figure of £20 on the accounts. This should be removed from the Statement of Financial Position for the current year as it relates to sums received in previous years. I do not consider this to be a material error or a misstatement. 

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. 

I trust this is satisfactory. 

Yours sincerely, 


Dan Coles FCCA