## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From: 1[st] Oct 2020** **To: 30 Sept 2021** **Charity name: Friends of Rowntree Park** ## **Charity registration number: 1183948** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The charity’s objects are for the public benefit to:
promote the conservation, protection and
improvement of the physical and natural
environment of the Rowntree Park as a place of
environmental interest and amenity value, 2)
advance the education of people of all ages in
relation to the history, biodiversity and other
aspects of Rowntree Park and related issues, 3)
provide facilities and opportunities for public
education, recreation and other leisure interests
within Rowntree Park, 4) promote civic
responsibility, volunteering, health and wellbeing
among the users of Rowntree Park.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|
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Organise volunteers to carry out
gardening, litter-picking and other
practical tasks in the park, in order to
improve the Park
●
Organise a programme of activities and
projects for people of all ages and
backgrounds, within the park
●
Offer Forest School and similar
environmental education
●
Run a membership scheme for the
Friends
●
Co-operate and collaborate with other
significant partners, including the
council, York Cares etc.
●
Manage all of the above in a safe and
effective manner.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have had regard to the guidance
on public benefit, and we believe that the work
of the Friends does provide plentiful public
benefit, as outlined above.| **Additional information (optional)** |You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| ||SORP reference|| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|NA| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|NA| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|●
Our volunteers are essential – they
do the practical hands-on work and
provide a lot of the inspiration for
the projects and activities that
happen.
●
We only have a small amount of
paid assistance - and these
individuals contribute many more
hours, as unpaid volunteers.| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|●
Increased volunteer numbers,
recruited new volunteer leaders and
clarified induction processes: the
charity offers more opportunities for
volunteering and we feel more
certain that the work is carried out in
an effective and safe way.
●
New website, more regular social
media posts and more prominent
signage in the park: the passion and
focus of the charity is now much
clearer to the public.
●
Increased level of Friends’
membership – more people are
aware of our work, and of the
activities available.
●
Planned a budget, although the
implementation of this was much
disrupted by Covid restrictions, and
spendingwas down over theyear:| the charity is able to show that their income is well-spent. |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
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Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
●
In a tough year, due to Covid
restrictions, we couldn’t do as many
gardening and other sessions as
planned. However, the number of
volunteers continued to grow
throughout the year, as did the
number of Friends who support us
with their memberships.
●
A key objective was to recruit more
trustees, and we have successfully
found a group of high-class
appointees.| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|NA| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|NA| |Other||NA| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Unrestricted fund profit of 11k, leaves**
**charity in strong financial position. Aim**
**to see a reduction in reserves in line**
**with the reserves policy in 21/22**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|
**Reserves are held in line with our**
**reserves policy, to cover flooding, loss**
**of income and potential future projects**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£22,588**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/a**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**n/a**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**n/a**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:||| |
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
●
Membership of the Friends (£5 per
person, per year)
●
Fees paid to attend our events
●
Grants for specific projects| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|NA| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|●
Day-to-day management of the
charity is the responsibility of one
person.
●
When the park floods, our activities
cease, which impacts our income,
and the park’s public profile.
●
The city council is under-funded and
the paid staff in charge of the park
are severely over-stretched,
meaning that there is even more call
on our resources.| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation| |
Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Resolution passed at convened meeting.| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees
Para 1.51
NA
The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works
Para 1.51
NA
Relationship with any related
parties
Para 1.51
NA
Other
**Reference and Administrative details**|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees
Para 1.51
NA
The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works
Para 1.51
NA
Relationship with any related
parties
Para 1.51
NA
Other
**Reference and Administrative details**| |---|---| |Charity name|Friends of Rowntree Park| |
Other name the charity uses|NA| |Registered charitynumber|1183948| |Charity’s principal address|33 Curzon Terrace, York YO23 1EZ| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
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**entit**
**led**
**to**
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**ee**
**(if**
**any)**| |---|---|---|---| ||Catherine Mortimer|Chair|| ||AnthonyChester|Treasurer|| ||Matt Segar||From April 2021| ||Becci Blues||From April 2021| ||Stephen Dunthorne||From April 2021| ||Rachael Bevan||From April 2021| ||PollyBennett||From April 2021
From April 2021| ||Jane Mackay||| ||David Rowsell||To August 2021
To March 2021| ||Ruth Phillips||| ||Abigail Gaines||To January2021| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|NA| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|NA| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|NA| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|||| ||||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** Cath Mortimer Anthony Chester **Full name(s)** Catherine Jane Mortimer Anthony Chester **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc)** Treasurer **Date** 16.10.21 |**Charity Name**||**No (if any)**||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Friends of Rowntree Park**||||| |**Receipts and payments accounts**||||**CC16a**| |**For the period**
**from**
Period start date
1/10/2020|**To**|Period end date
30/09/2021||| ## **Section A Receipts and payments** ||||**Unrestricted**
**funds**|||**Restricted funds**|**Restricted funds**||||**Endowment**
**funds**||||**Total funds**||||**Last year**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||**to the nearest £**||||**to the nearest £**||||**to the nearest £**||||**to the nearest £**||||**to the nearest £**|| |**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||||||||||| |Memberships||-|4,450-|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**4,450-**|||**-**|**3,680-**|| |Merchandise||-|1,818-|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**1,818-**|||**-**|**--**|| |Events||-|4,940-|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**4,940-**|||**-**|**3,216-**|| |Craft Group||-|516-|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**516-**|||**-**|**--**|| |Forest School||-|4,038-|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**4,038-**|||**-**|**1,638-**|| |Duck Food Sales||-|1,667-|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**1,667-**|||**-**|**--**|| |Donations||-|606-|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**606-**|||**-**|**581-**|| |Events bookings||-|2,298-|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**2,298-**|||**-**|**--**|| |Grants||-|--|||**-**|**17,194-**|||||||**-**|**17,194-**|||**-**|**4,342-**|| |||**-**|**20,332-**|||**-**|**17,194-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**37,526-**|||**-**|**13,457-**|| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**|||||||||||||||||||||| |**(see table).**|||||||||||||||||||||| |||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**||**--**|||**-**|**--**|||||| |||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**||**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|| |**_Sub total_**||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**||**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|| ||||||||||||||||||||||| |**_Total receipts_ **||**-**|**20,332-**|||**-**|**17,194-**|||**-**||**--**|||**-**|**37,526-**|||**-**|**13,457-**|| |**A3 Payments**|||||||||||||||||||||| |Events||-|1,059-|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**||||**-**|**1,059-**|||**-**|**742-**|| |Gardening||-|1,052-|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**||||**-**|**1,052-**|||**-**|**1,565-**|| |Craft Group||-|237-|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**||||**-**|**237-**|||**-**|**--**|| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 14/07/2022 1 |Advertising/Marketing|-
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**333-**||**-**
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216-||**-**
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**216-**||**-**
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81-||**-**
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497-||||||**-**
**497-**||**-**
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65-||||||**-**
**65-**||**-**
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**115-**||**-**
**389-**| |Website/IT|-
531-||||||**-**
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**--**| CCXX R3 accounts (SS) 14/07/2022 3 |||||||**-**|**--**||**-**|**--**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||**-**|**--**||**-**|**--**| |||||||**-**|**--**||**-**|**--**| |||||||**-**|**--**||**-**|**--**| |||||||**-**|**--**||**-**|**--**| |||||||**-**|**--**||**-**|**--**| |||||**Fund to which**||**Amount due**||||**When due**| ||**Details**|||**liability relates**||**(optional)**||||**(optional)**| |||||||**-**|**--**|||| |||||||**-**|**--**|||| |||||||**-**|**--**|||| |||||||**-**|**--**|||| |||||||**-**|**--**|||| |||Signature||Print|Name||||Date of approval|| ||A Chester|||Anthony Chester||||||16/10/2021| ||C Mortimer|||Cath Mortimer||||||| |||||||||||**16/10/2021**| ## **B5 Liabilities** Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees CCXX R4 accounts (SS) 14/07/2022 4 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of harily Name Friends of Rowntr8e Park On accounts for the year ended Sep 2021 Charlty no lif any) 1183948 Set out on pages 1￿mernber tD include the page nLJmbers of additional sheelsl I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity {Yhe Trust.) for the year ended 30109 12021. Rèsponsibilities and basls As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the of report accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (°the Act.). I report M respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I have followed all the appli¢able Directions given by Ihe Charity Commission under section 145(51{b) of the Act. Indep•nd•nt examiner's I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have statement come to my attention in connection with the examination (olkepth d￿cle￿ which gives me cause lo believe that in, any material respect: the accounting records were not kept In accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act., or the accounts did not accord with the accounting record5', or the accounts did not Comply with the applicable requirements Goncerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'tru& and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independenl examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connedion with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order lo enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed: Date.. 10 Name: Relevant professional quallfl¢atlon{s} or body (If any): ftsgoo &EI on oJ- CetknfvJ- Account6MEE IER Oct 2018 8I0ZIg0 ¥ai 'asoiJs!p oi $ay$iM J8U!WEXO a41 Ipui swaii Aup io SI!￿ap Jeljq 8AIg "pl:a*i vrnuo? > 5JWVW 5iyIWLu ON '{SJaUlLuExa JOJ a?upp!n6 pue suo!paJ!p :siunooJE AJIJELIJ 10 UOIIEUlUJ?xa iuapuadapui èas} ujaguoa w sJaiieLU ie!JalPW iL461iufji4 01 SP••U JOUIWEXO •LII 4101oidLUO? Aluo aJnsoi?sia 8 uoii?os aHI -hlOa U05 ssajppv