## **Bakersfield & Neighbourhood Community Association** (Registered charity, number 1183962) **Financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025**
|**Page**|**Contents**|
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|2 - 3|Trustees’ annual report|
|4|Independent examiner’s report|
|5|Receipts & payments account|
|6|Statement of assets & liabilities|
|7 - 8|Notes to the accounts|
# **Bakersfield & Neighbourhood Community Association Trustees’ annual report for the year ended 31 March 2025**
**Full name** Bakersfield & Neighbourhood Community Association
**Other names by which the charity is known** BANCA
**Organisation type** Charitable incorporated organisation
**Registered charity number** 1183962
**Principal address** 312 Sneinton Dale, Nottingham NG3 7DN
## **Trustees**
David Mellen, Chair Dr Irfan Malik, Vice Chair Marilyn Livesey, Treasurer Joanne Flint Carol Greaves
## **Independent examiner**
Eva Stevens, employee of Community Accounting Plus, Units 1 & 2 North West, 41 Talbot Street, Nottingham, NG1 5GL
## **Governance and management**
The charity is operated under the rules of its CIO – Association constitution adopted 18 June 2019 and most recently amended on 11 February 2022.
New trustees are elected and co-opted as trustees from amongst the committee members at the AGM under the terms of the constitution.
## **Objectives and activities**
The principal objects of the charity are:
- To further or benefit of the residents of Bakersfield, Nottingham and the neighbourhood, without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, race or of political, religious or other opinions, by associating together the said inhabitants and the local authorities, voluntary and other organisations, in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure-time occupation with the objective of improving the conditions of life for the residents;
- To establish, or secure the establishment of a community centre and to maintain or manage or co-operate with any statutory authority in the maintenance and management of such a centre for activities promoted by the charity in furtherance of the above objects;
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## **Bakersfield & Neighbourhood Community Association**
## **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit**
We offer a warm inviting space for the public to engage in the activities we have on offer. The local public benefit from affordable room hire and a variety of facilities which include fitness, social activities and engage in education groups and classes
## **Public benefit statement**
The Trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit, 'Charities and Public Benefit'.
## **Summary of the main achievements during the period**
This financial year we focused on trying to rent out our upstairs space on a long term basis, which would then provide us with regular income, which then improves our finances. We managed to achieve this as we now rent out our upstairs space to Kiddywinks nursery along with the space downstairs.
## **The charity’s policy on reserves**
We do not have a written policy on reserves but we are constantly reviewing our finances.
## **Financial review and risk analysis**
We are always looking at ways to improve our finances. Renting out our upstairs space long term has made a big improvement on our finances. We are grateful to Nottingham City Council for their continued support and for the grant they give us towards our running costs. If this grant was to be cut this would have a big impact on our finances.
## Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees:
Signed _____________________________________________ Date __________ David Mellen, Trustee
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## **Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Bakersfield & Neighbourhood Community Association for the year ended 31 March 2025**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Bakersfield & Neighbourhood Community Association (the charity) for the year ended 31 March 2025.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the trustees of the charity 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 charity’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 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.
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.
Signed _________________________ Date ______________________ Eva Stevens BSc, CPFA Employee of Community Accounting Plus
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## **Bakersfield & Neighbourhood Community Association Receipts & payments account for the year ended 31 March 2025**
|_2024_
Total
**Unrestricted**
Funds
**Funds**
£
**Note**
**£**
**Receipts**
3985
Grants & donations
**2**
3218
529
Subscriptions & membership
366
70040
Room rents
72266
118
Affiliation & storage
200
-
Sundry receipts
116
74672
**Total receipts**
**76166**
**Payments**
45629
Wages, NI & pension
46402
894
Payroll service
890
32
Travel & subsistence
35
17471
Utilities
16970
1064
Cleaning & hygiene
1154
773
Insurance
-
446
Telephone & internet
360
446
Printing, stationery & postage
581
1177
Publications, subscriptions & licences
468
836
Equipment, repairs & renewals
381
1721
Premises maintenance
2799
14
Hospitality
47
402
Independent examination fee
-
714
Sundry payments
265
144
Activities & trips
379
71763
**Total payments**
**70731**
2909
**Net receipts/(payments)**
5435
11225
Cash funds at start of this period
14134
14134
**Cash funds at end of this period**
**19569**|**_2025_**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**£**
**£**
1742
4960
-
366
-
72266
-
200
-
116
**1742**
**77908**
-
46402
-
890
-
35
282
17252
-
1154
848
848
-
360
-
581
-
468
-
381
-
2799
-
47
612
612
-
265
-
379
**1742**
**72473**
-
5435
-
14134
**-**
**19569**|
|---|---|
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## **Bakersfield & Neighbourhood Community Association Statement of assets and liabilities at 31 March 2025**
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2024 2025
£ Cash assets Note £
14104 Bank accounts 19474
30 Cash in hand 95
14134 19569
Other monetary assets
6448 Debtors -
329 Prepayments 4 974
6777 974
Liabilities
(12252) Creditors 5 (9012)
(12252) (9012)
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These financial statements are accepted on behalf of the charity by:
Signed ___________________________________ Date ___________ Marilyn Livesey, Trustee
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## **Bakersfield & Neighbourhood Community Association Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025**
## **1. Receipts & payments accounts**
Receipts and payments accounts contain a summary of money received and money spent during the period and a list of assets and liabilities at the end of the period. Usually, cash received and cash spent will include transactions through bank accounts and cash in hand.
## **2. Grants & donations**
|Nottingham City Council
Hubb Nottingham
Sundry grants & donations|**Unrestricted**
**£**
-
2358
860
**3218**|**Restricted**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
1742
1742
-
2358
-
860
**1742**
**4960**|
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## **3. Funds analysis**
|**Funds analysis**||||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Restricted funds**
Block fund
**Unrestricted funds**
General|**Opening**
**balance**
**£**
-
**-**
14134
**14134**|**Receipts (Payments)**
**£**
**£**
1742
(1742)
**1742**
**(1742)**
76166
(70731)
**76166**
**(70731)**|**Closing**
**balance**
**£**
-|
||||**-**|
||||19569|
||||**19569**|
The Nottingham City Council Block fund was used to help with the running costs of the centre.
## **4. Prepayments**
|Cleaning & hygiene
Publications, subscriptions and licenses|**£**
204
770|
|---|---|
||**974**|
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## **Bakersfield & Neighbourhood Community Association Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025**
## **5. Creditors**
|Wages, NI & pensions
Independent examination fee
Utilities
Room Rents
Telephone & internet
Premises maintenance (see note 9)|**£**
313
636
1620
816
41
5586|
|---|---|
||**9012**|
## **6. Premises**
The premises are provided by the local authority.
## **7. Trustees’ remuneration**
One Trustee, Joanne Flint is employed by the Charity and was paid a total of £8,899.
## **8. Related party transactions**
There were no related party transactions in this period.
## **9. Long term commitments**
LED Lighting.
The replacement of antiquated & inefficient light fittings with LED’s. A repayment schedule commenced October 2022 and each year after that to repay a total amount of £10,404.98 over 7 years.
## **10. Glossary of terms**
**Creditors:** These are amounts owed by the charity, but not paid during the accounting period.
**Debtors:** These are amounts owed to the charity, but not received in the accounting period.
**Prepayments:** These are services that the charity has paid for in advance, but not used during the accounting period.
**Restricted funds:** These are funds given to the charity, subject to specific restrictions set by the donor, but still within the general objects of the charity.
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