## **Charity registration number: 1197809**
## **FRIENDS OF BASING HILL PARK**
**ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **Template Trustee’s report for a charity (Not for use by charitable companies)**
The Trustees present their annual report together with the financial statements of the Charity for the 1 April 2023 2022 to 31 March 2024.
## **Objectives and Activities**
The objectives of the charity as per its governing document are
- For the benefit of the inhabitants of Barnet and the surrounding area (“the area of benefit”) to provide or assist in the provision of facilities for recreation and other leisure time occupation in the interests of social welfare with the object of improving their conditions of life for the inhabitants of the area of benefit in particular but not exclusively by the preservation, promotion, support, assistance and improvement of basing hill park.
In setting objectives and planning for activities, the Trustees have given due consideration to general guidance published by the Charity Commission relating to public benefit, including the guidance 'Public benefit: running a charity (PB2)'.
## **Activities Undertaken achieve objectives**
We are actively pursuing improvements and better maintenance of the Park in consultation with the community. We are closely engaging with the council and local developers, increasing the profile of the park and advocating for the needs of the community which were previously under represented
## **Main activities undertaken to further the charity’s purposes for the public benefit**
• Infrastructure improvements: Installation of notice board, waste bins, waterbottle fountain, 75 laurels planted for Hendon Way hedge
• Community Events: Baseball team based in Park supported by developing pitch. Cycling volunteers, holiday sports place schemes
• Event achievements: o Mitzvah Day bulb planting. Mayor of Barnet present for the planting of 75 laurels for hedge along Hendon Way.
• Upcoming development: food growing initiative, plans to re-tarmac one side of the park, plans to plant some fruit trees and that we are getting closer to having a new playground done.
## **Achievements and performance**
This is a new charity which has been running for two year. We have given a baseball team a new permanent home and basketball and cycling are also regularly taking place, We have plans for further improvements and continue to encourage community engagement- food growing initiative (one of 4 parks in Barnet), plans to re-tarmac one side of the park, plans to plant some fruit trees and that we are getting closer to having a new playground done
## **Financial Review**
During the year the charity had an income of £12,419 and expenditure of £2,062 with a carry forward of £10.357. Almost £2000 of this was due to a donation for a bench paid back to Barnet council. The remainder is for low expenses of £80 from planting events and having not yet used a £10,000 grant from the National Lottery which will be used for playground improvements when the new playground is developed.
## **Going Concern**
_The charity has good liquidity with minimal expenses and continuing plans to make further improvements and develop its reach._
## **Reserves Policy**
_We currently are not specifically holding reserves. We do not have any day to day running costs but if we need reserves we will find a way to raise funds_
## **Deficit**
_No deficit_
## **Structure, governance and management**
## **Constitution**
The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation constituted under Association dated 4[th] February 2022. The charity was registered with the Charity Commission on 4th February 2022 with charity number 1197809.
## **Methods of appointment or election of Trustees**
_Trustees are appointed and reappointed through the annual AGM_
## _**Trustee Signatures**_
**Julia Hiller** _**Gabriel Friedman Ashley Fleischer**_
**The Friends of Basing Hill Park**
**The Friends of Basing Hill Park 1197809 Receipts and payments accounts For the period** 04-Feb-22 31-Mar-23 **To from**
**CC16a**
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
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|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**33**
**1,982**
**10,000**
**404**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**12,419**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**12,419**
**1,982**
**80**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,062**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,062**
**10,357**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|General donations|**33**||||||**40**|
|Bench Donations|**1,982**||||||**1,800**|
|Grants|**10,000**||||||**10,000**|
|cash|**404**||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**12,419**||**-**||||**11,840**|
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**-**
**-**
**12,419**
**1,982**
**80**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,062**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,062**
**10,357**
**-**
**-**
**10,357**|||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||||
||**-**|||||||
||**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||||
||||||||**11,840**|
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|
Bench|**1,982**||||||**1,437**|
|Misc Expenses|**80**||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_ **|**2,062**||||||**1,437**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases (see table)**||||||||
|**,**|**-**|||||||
||**-**|||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||
||||||||**1,437**|
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||**10,357**||**-**|**-**|
**10,357**||**10,403**|
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||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**10,357**||**-**|**-**|**10,357**||**10,403**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
15/11/2024
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||
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|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
**Details**
Barclays Bank
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**10,357**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10,357**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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Print Name
Julia Hiller
Gabriel Friedman|**Endowment**
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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