## **Trustees Annual Report for the period From 1 November 24  to  31 October 25** 

## **Charity name: Friends of Fishpond Park, Panteg Charity registration number: 1184066** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

## **Purposes of the Charity** 

To maintain this green open space known locally as the Fishpond Park for the benefit and enjoyment of the local community. This includes general gardening work planting flowers and shrubs etc.. Maintenance of the fishpond which is an iconic feature in the park. 

As funds become available to improve the facilities whilst not engaging in any taxable permanent trading activity and must comply with any relevant statutory regulations. 

## **Summary of the main actvites** 

General work on all areas of the park. This includes weeding, planting shrubs, annuals and perennials in the numerous beds. To be economical we purchase cheaper plug plants and our volunteers bring them on until ready for planting out. 

Torfaen Council  helps by collecting the green waste that we are unable to compost. 

Our dog show/fun day in the summer is our main fund raiser and this is a very popular event which is well supported by the local community. Any surplus plants are sold to boost our funds. The event includes craft stalls, refreshments and entertainment provided free to us by local singers/bands. Our volunteers provide most of the food (at their own expense) including homemade cakes which are very popular. 

Apart from their time and effort the volunteers voluntary contributions ultimately boost park funds.  The volunteers enjoy coffee and cake on a Saturday morning when we have a tea break and we “put money in the pot”   This money is kept separate from park funds and can be used to purchase birthday cakes when of our group has a special birthday etc.  We also buy flowers  if someone is ill.  There is often a surplus and in this reporting period we were able to make a donation of £514 into the park funds. 

During this reporting period we also held a few car boot sales to boost our funds. 

In December we held our annual pensioners buffet which is free to all those who attend including a free raffle. All the food and raffle prizes are provided by our volunteers . Children from the local primary school provide the entertainment singing carols etc .and the event is especially appreciated by those who live alone.  Some tell us that it is the thing they most look forward to at Christmas. 

**I can confirm the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity commission on public benefit.** 



## **Achievements and Performance** 

Our group has now been together for 11 years so I think that is an achievement.  Everyone is still enthusiastic and committed to doing whatever they can to make the park looks good and also to try and make improvements.  In 2024 we spent a lot of our funds renovating the fishpond and resurfacing the tar mac paths.  During this last year we purchased some necessary gardening equipment but we have been trying to build up our funds in order to tackle future projects which include improvements to the pavilion building so that it could be used by the community /local groups. 

Our presence in the park seems to have deterred the anti -social behaviour that was a problem before we got together.  The park is now considered to a safe place for everyone and a pleasure to visit. 

We continue to be recognised by Keep Wales Tidy and have been awarded a Green Fag again. 

## **Review of the Charity’s fnancial positon at the end of the period** 

At the end of this reporting period 31[st] October 2025 the charity is still solvent.  The balance stands at £7,044. 

Our charity is too small to need a policy on holding reserves and we do not hold reserves. However, after having spent so much in 2024, we need to build our funds back up.  We see this as a positive way forward to ensure we are in a position to fund future expenditure and improvements. 

At present we have no concerns about the charity going forward. 

## **Structure ,Governance and Management** 

Type of governing document Constitution 

How is the charity constituted CIO 

Trustees are appointed at our AGM by election 

Reference and Administrative details 

Charity Name Friends of Fishpond Park, Panteg 

Registered charity number 1184066 Charity’s principal address 1 Cwrdy Road Griffithstown Pontypool NP4 5AG 



## **Names of the trustees who manage the charity** 

Maldwyn Davies Chairman Wendy Woods Secretary Colin Mansfield Safety Officer Paul Davies Social Secretary Paula Davies Social Secretary 

There are no corporate trustees 

There are no trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

N/A 

## **Exemptons from Disclosure** 

N/A 

## **Declaratons** 

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees 

Signature 


Full Name Wendy Carol Woods Position Secretary Date 11[th] June 2026 



**Charity Name Friends of Fishpond Park Panteg** 

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## **Recei ts and a ments accou p p y** 

**For the period** Period start date **To from** 01-Nov-24 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**2,061**<br>**670**<br>**2,148**<br>**2,542**<br>**276**<br>**1,050**<br>**408**<br>**35**<br>**9,190**|**Restricted funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|
|Public Donations|**2,061**|**-**|**-**|
|members donations|**670**|**-**|**-**|
|Dogshow/Fun dayTakings|**2,148**|**-**|**-**|
|Donations from organisations|**2,542**|**-**|**-**|
|Council Contribution to insurance|**276**|**-**|**-**|
|Donation from ward and communitycouncil|**1,050**|**-**|**-**|
|car boot takings|**408**|**-**|**-**|
|contribution to defibbrilator|**35**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**9,190**|**-**|**-**|



|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**(see table).**||||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**|**9,190**||**-**||**-**|



## **A3 Payments** 

|**A3 Payments**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|<br>General expenses|**104**||**-**||**-**|
|Expenditure Dogshow/Fun Day|**64**||**-**||**-**|
|Banners for winter fayre|**100**||**-**||**-**|
|Purchase ofplants|**723**||**-**||**-**|
|Pond|**70**||**-**||**-**|
|Insurance|**552**||**-**||**-**|
|Purchase of tools|**473**||**-**||**-**|
|Tarmac costs|**-**||**-**||**-**|
|Electricity|**1,175**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**3,261**||**-**||**-**|



|**A4 Asset and investment**||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||
|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||
|**_Sub total_ **||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||
|**_Total payments_**||**3,261**|||**-**|||**-**||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**||**5,929**|||**-**|||**-**||
|**A5 Transfers between funds**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||
|CCXX R1 accounts (SS)<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**|1<br>|**1,115**|||**-**|||17/06/2026<br>**-**||





_**Cash funds this year end**_ **7,044 - -** 

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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the perio** 

|||||**Unrestricted**|**Unrestricted**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Categories**|**Details**||**funds**||
|||||**to nearest £**||
|**B1**|**Cash funds**|Balance held at 31 October 2025||**7,044**||
||||||**-**|
||||||**-**|
|||**_Total cash funds_**||**7,044**||
|||(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))||OK||
|||||**Unrestricted**||
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|||**Details**||**to nearest £**||
|**B2**|**Other monetary assets**|None|||**-**|
||||||**-**|
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|||**Details**||**belongs**||



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|**B3 Investment assets**|None|||
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||**Details**||**belongs**|
|**B4 Assets retained for the**|Large secure metal storage container||unrestricted funds|
|**charity’s own use**|gardening tools and equipment||unrestricted funds|
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**Fund to which liability relates** 

**Details** 

**B5 Liabilities** 

None 

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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees 

|Signature|Print N<br>WendyW|
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## **o (if any)** 

**unts CC16a** Period end date 31-Oct-25 

## **Total funds** 

## **Last year** 

**to the nearest £** 

## **to the nearest £** 

|**2,061**||**1,841**|
|---|---|---|
|**670**||**112**|
|**2,148**||**2,293**|
|**2,542**||**2,000**|
|**276**||**246**|
|**1,050**||**10,300**|
|**408**||**-**|
|**35**||**-**|
|**9,190**||**16,792**|



|**-**|||
|---|---|---|
|**-**||**-**|
|**-**||**-**|
|**9,190**||**16,792**|



|**104**||**793**|
|---|---|---|
|**64**||**391**|
|**100**||**-**|
|**723**||**746**|
|**70**||**1,234**|
|**552**||**492**|
|**473**||**42**|
|**-**||**29,904**|
|**1,175**||**592**|
|**3,261**||**34,194**|



|**-**||||
|---|---|---|---|
|**-**||||
|**-**|||**-**|
|**3,261**|||**34,194**|
|**5,929**||**-**|**17,402**|
|**-**|||**-**|
|5<br>**1,115**|||**18,517**|



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