2024-12-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date

Day Month Year Day Month Year From 1[st] January 2024 To 31[st] December 2024

Section A Reference and administration details

Friends of Treorchy Park

Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1188657 Charity's principal address 129 High Street, Treorchy, RCT.

Postcode CF42 6PA

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole **year **	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Gaynor Webster		From 20thMarch 2020	Friends of TreorchyPark
	Natalie Ball		From 20thMarch 2020	Friends of TreorchyPark
	Lee Cole		From 20thMarch 2020	Friends of TreorchyPark
	ShayFisher		From 20thMarch 2020	Friends of TreorchyPark
	Emyr Webster		From 20thMarch 2020	Friends of TreorchyPark
	Helen Jones		From 15thJune 2022	Friends of TreorchyPark
	Denise Ridgers		From 15thJune 2022	Friends of TreorchyPark
	Owain White		From 15thJune 2022	Friends of TreorchyPark
	TraceyBates		From 2ndFebruary2023	Friends of TreorchyPark
	David Jones		From 2ndFebruary2023	Friends of TreorchyPark
	Lisa Farr		From 2ndFebruary2023	Friends of TreorchyPark

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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
General guidance	Interlink	Glenview House, Courthouse Street, Pontypridd.
Tax consultant	Chris Griffiths

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

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Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Constitution

• (eg. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted

Association

• (eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods

Elected by members

• (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

• policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;

• the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;

• relationship with any related parties;

• trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Trustees continue to be encouraged to undertake regular training to support their volunteering duties.

The charity has a close working relationship with the council who work in partnership with us to reopen the paddling pool each year and to also make material improvements to the park environment.

• We work closely with Treorchy Town Centre to help increase footfall to the town.

Health and Safety rules and regulations are, as always, vital to the operational safety of our facilities and we always abide by these rules. We maintain a high safety record..

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

Our group was formed in 2016 with the aim of improving Treorchy Park and its surrounding area. We provide a much-needed leisure facility during the school summer holidays and we hope to continue doing so for many years to come. As a group, we take our duties very seriously and are also supportive to each other.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

We operated as a community group since 2016 before registering as a charity in 2020. To help us maintain and improve the park infrastructure we often have to seek grant funding for capital works together with various fundraising activities. We continue to operate as a food business which generates significant, regular income for the charity. We host a number of events throughout the year including our spooktacular Park in the Dark for Halloween, Christmas events and our ‘Summer Santa’ at the pool. We also outsource some of our entertainment requirements to local companies, namely Hokey Cokey Events.

Each year we open the paddling pool during the school summer holiday period. It is very well patronised, and we continue to make this facility

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free. We strive to do this because we know of the financial difficulties that many of our visiting families experience and we don’t want to put any barriers in the way of children attending the paddling pool. The popularity of the pool is evidenced by the supportive posts on social media and visitors to the pool are verbally very thankful to our volunteers.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

• policy on grantmaking;

• policy programme related investment;

• contribution made by volunteers.

Our dedicated team of volunteers worked extremely hard again this year with various duties including cleaning, cooking, shopping, stock taking and many more duties as they arose. Of course, looking after the children and families was our main priority and most of our volunteers were qualified first aiders and some did extra courses to become ‘emergency poolside responders and lifeguards. This year four young students gained their NPLQ certificates through us and will hopefully move on to full time employment. Our food operatives are also all qualifies to level 2 food hygiene. Outside of the paddling pool season we were again able to keep the toilets open for visitors to the park. This provision is another big commitment for our volunteers so a big thank you to them and also to the council parks staff who support us too.

Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

As is usually the case, we had variable weather during our 2024 paddling pool season. We did have a few good weeks however and had one of our busiest days at the pool. We were able to open for an extended eightweek period for a second year running and saw hundreds of families benefitting from this local, cost-free recreation facility.

We have developed a good relationship with the local Unite Union Community Branch and thanks to them, we were able to offer free fruit for the children. As already stated, we operated and maintained the toilets during the Spring and Summer months. We supported RAFT again this year which was successful and much appreciated by the community. We once again put on our Park in the Dark event for Halloween. Thankfully the weather was better than in previous years and the event was well attended. It was great to see the children having such a good time at the park and it’s somewhere for local families to bring their children for a safe, enjoyable Halloween. We have purchased and installed three extra picnic benches in the park for the use of the public and they have been a welcome addition to the park environment. The sheds ww have erected on site are proving invaluable to the operation of the paddling pool. This year we were able to put an additional shed onsite which is now our much-needed changing rooms for the children. Our ‘Summer Santa’ was a resounding success, and the children thoroughly enjoyed meeting Santa. The big man himself is looking forward to returning next year. Our ALN sessions are continuing to prove popular and are very much

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Section D Achievements and performance appreciated by families who benefit from this provision. We offered two sessions a week and may try to do more in the future.

We now have a 15-year lease of the paddling pool area.

Section E Financial review

The charity will not operate in a deficit and try to maintain a minimum Brief statement of the unrestricted reserves of £2,000 charity’s policy on reserves Details of any funds materially The charity has no funds materially in deficit. in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

• The charity, at the end of 2024, continues to remain ‘in the black’ and

• You may choose to include maintain our usable funds above our reserve.

• additional information, where relevant about: We continue to have great support from local businesses and groups. We

• • the charity’s principal would like to thank all those who have supported us with their generous sources of funds (including donations. any fundraising);

• • how expenditure has A big thank you to our ‘Friends of Treorchy Park’ members for their subscriptions.

• supported the key objectives of the charity; Our volunteers worked very hard at our food van again this year and

• • investment policy and once again provided us with a significant proportion of our income. objectives including any ethical investment policy The charity’s trustees did not receive any renumeration and received no adopted. expense payments. We once again sold Christmas trees to the community and provided, and put up, the Christmas trees along the Treorchy High Street.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)

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Full name(s) Gaynor Webster Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair etc) Date 20th October 2025

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Charity No: 1188657

Friends of Treorchy Park

Trustees Report and Annual Accounts

for the year ended 31st December 2024

Charity Information

President Mrs Gaynor Webster Treasurer Mr Lee Cole

Registered Address

129 High Street Treorchy Rhondda Cynon Taff CF42 6PA Tax Consultant Chris M Griffiths (Mr) Every Little Helps 14 St Stephens Mansions Mount Stuart Square Cardiff Bay CF10 5LQ

for the year ended 31st December 2024

Contents

	Page
Independent Examiners Report	3
Income and Expenditure Account	4
Balance Sheet	5
Notes to the accounts	6

Independent Examiners Report

for the year ended 31st December 2024

Independent examiner’s report to the Trustees of Friends of Treorchy

Park We report on the accounts of the trust for the year ended 31 December 2024.

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

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The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.

It is our responsibility to:

• a) Examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act;

• b) To follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Charites Act; and

• c) To state whether particular matters have come to our attention

Basis of independent examiner’s report

My examination was carried out in accordance with the general directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters.

The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent examiner’s statement

In connection with our examination, no matter has come to our attention which gives us cause to believe that in, any material respect,:

• a) the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or

• b) the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or

• c) the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of the accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a "true and fair" view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

We 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.

Chris M Griffiths (Mr) Every Little Helps 14 St Stephens Mansions Mount Stuart Square Cardiff Bay

____ CF10 5LQ

9th October 2025

Friends of Treorchy Park Accounts to 31-12-2024.xls Ind Exam Report

Income and Expenditure Account (Profit and Loss) for the year ended 31st December 2024

				Period		Period
				Ended		Ended
				31/12/2024		31/12/2023
	Notes			£		£
Turnover
Income from Members	1		136		249
Profit on ordinary activies	2			2,369		6,878
Loss BF				0		0
Adjustment to Profits				0		0
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Nett Business Profit (Loss)				~~2,369~~		6,878
Retained Profit B/Forward				15,185		8,307

Food Business 13,842 Fundraising 235 Christmas Trees 3,704 Grant Income 22,499 Donations - Unite Food Support 2,180 Donations 478 Less Cost of Goods Sold 0 Gross Profit Expenditure Accountancy Fees 0 Bank Charges 25 Purchase of Christmas Trees 4,043 Cost of Events 2,310 Food Busines - Capital Costs 767 Food Busines - Insurance Costs 1,756 Food Busines - Supplies 7,150 Food support 780 Insurance Costs 825 IT and Internet expenditure 21 Janatorial Expenditure 33 Volunteer Clothing 0 Park Equipment 4,368 Travelling Expenses 0 Entertainment Costs 0 Maintenance and Repairs 18,327 Data and Telecommunications 268 Office Supplies 0 Printing and Stationery 0 Miscellaneous Elpenditure 32 Less Operating Expenses 40,705 Retained Profit C/Forward		12,279 1,105 4,218 13,850 280 1,672 264 43,074 0 60 3,164 4,077 1,021 2,131 7,793 0 611 195 73 92 1,254 290 95 5,372 192 53 25 13 2,369 26,511 17,554	33,389 6,878 15,185
		17,554	15,185

Friends of Treorchy Park Accounts to 31-12-2024.xls Inc & Exp Account

Balance Sheet for the year ended 31st December 2024

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Notes FIXED ASSETS Tangible Assets CURRENT ASSETS 4 Debtors 5 Cash at bank and in hand Surplus (Retained Profit) Signed on behalf of Friends of Treorchy Park CREDITORS Amounts falling due within one year NET CURRENT LIABILITIES 6 TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES CREDITORS Amounts falling due (more than one year) NET ASSETS (LIABILITIES) CAPITAL AND RESERVES Surplus (Retained Profit) Brought Forward Profit and Loss Account President: Treasurer: **Date: **	Notes FIXED ASSETS Tangible Assets CURRENT ASSETS 4 Debtors 5 Cash at bank and in hand Surplus (Retained Profit) Signed on behalf of Friends of Treorchy Park CREDITORS Amounts falling due within one year NET CURRENT LIABILITIES 6 TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES CREDITORS Amounts falling due (more than one year) NET ASSETS (LIABILITIES) CAPITAL AND RESERVES Surplus (Retained Profit) Brought Forward Profit and Loss Account President: Treasurer: **Date: **	31/12/2024 31/12/2003 £ £ £ £ 600 600 0 0 16,704 14,585 16,704 14,585 (250) 0 17,554 15,185 2,369 15,185 8,307 6,878 ~~17,554~~ ~~15,185~~ Mrs Gaynor Webster Mr Lee Cole ~~16,954~~ ~~14,585~~ ~~17,554~~ ~~15,185~~

Notes to the Income and Expenditure for the year ended 31st December 2024

1 TURNOVER

Turnover represents the total income from members, donations and grants

2 OPERATING PROFIT/LOSS

The operating profit is attributable to the principal activities of the Charity.

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31/12/2024 31/12/2023

3 LAND AND BUILDINGS 4FIXED ASSETS Goodwill ( Free Food) 5BANK BALANCES Cash held Current Account 6CREDITORS Accountancy Fees Other Creditors	£ 0.00 0.00 250.00 0.00 250.00 ~~600.00~~ 600.00 ~~16,704.00~~ 16,704.00	£ 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 ~~600.00~~ 600.00 ~~14,585.00~~ 14,585.00

Friends of Treorchy Park Accounts to 31-12-2024.xls Notes

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