## **Trustees Report and Financial Statements Year to 31[st] March 2025** 

Charity number: 1199637 

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## **Friends of Eastville Park Trustees' Annual Report Year to 31[st] March 2025** 

## **CONTENTS** 

Page 

2. Reference and Administrative Information 

3. Structure, Governance and Management 

3. Objects and Activities 

4. Achievements and Performance 

6. Financial Review 

7. Statement of Responsibilities of Trustees 

8. Independent Examiner's Report 

9. Statement of Financial Activities 

10. Balance Sheet 

11. Notes to the Accounts 

## **Reference and Administrative Information** 

Charity name: Friends of Eastville Park Charity registration number: 1199637 Registered Office and Operational Address: c/o Glenfrome Primary School, Cottisford Road Bristol BS5 6TY Website: eastvillepark.org.uk 

## **Trustees 2024-25** 

Sarah West (Chair) Josephine Edkins (Treasurer) Christina Quinnell (Secretary) Andrew Gee (Events and Activities Co-ordinator) Gillian Calloway Maureen Lewis Ian Player Martyn Cordey Christina Stokes 

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## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

The organisation is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, incorporated and registered as a charity on 13[th] July 2022. Its governing document is the Constitution dated 6[th] July 2022. The charity has taken over activities previously carried out by the Friends of Eastville Park unincorporated association, which had been operating since June 2016. 

## **Recruitment and Appointment of Trustees** 

New trustees are appointed for a term of three years by a resolution passed at a meeting of the charity trustees. In selecting individuals for appointment as charity trustees, the charity trustees have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO. The board will seek to recruit new trustees to be representative of the area which the charity serves. 

## **Objects and Activities** 

## **Charitable Objects** 

For the benefit of the inhabitants of Eastville 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 Eastville Park. 

## **Public Benefit** 

The charity delivers public benefit by organising and carrying out activities in Eastville Park, such as environmental works and cultural and sporting events, as detailed in “Achievements and Performance” below. These activities are open to all members of the public and are offered either at low cost or free of charge. 

The Trustees are aware of the requirement of public benefit and seek to implement the Charity Commissioners' guidance on public benefit. 

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## **Achievements and Performance** 

We continue to celebrate what has been achieved in the park and reflect on all the activities which have been happening in the refurbished Nissen Hut Community Hub. Many groups from last year have gone from strength to strength and we have welcomed many new projects and initiatives to continue to fulfil our charitable objectives for the community in and around Eastville Park. 


This year Andy Gee spent a period of time in hospital and is now recovered and back up to full speed.  During this time the committee rallied round and the logistics of putting on the programme of events were covered but without Andy we all were holding our breath for his return.  He was overwhelmed by the love and support of the community at this time. We are so grateful for everything he does. 

We also currently want to grow and are looking for more suitably skilled trustees to join us. Please contact us; friendsofeastvillepark@gmail.com 

Here is an overview of where we focussed our voluntary energy over the past year or so. 

## **New Year 2024** 

Our Thursday drop-in social group, **Community Connect** continued to be an important project for Friends of Eastville Park and went from strength to strength providing company, friendship, activities, advice, fun and a lovely lunch all for free!  This project for over 55’s is funded by the Grateful Society and latterly now by the People’s Health Trust is managed by Laura Cobbett who brings her experience and ideas to continue creating a welcoming group every Thursday from 11 till 2pm.  Many thanks to Laura and her volunteers. 

Funded by The Peoples’s Health Trust our free **Creative Group** which met on Monday evenings proved wildly popular and Jo Penguilley delivered and curated 8 seasons of arts and craft workshops resulting in many new friendships and evenings of crafting and fun.  Our **Tuesday morning Nature Group** also funded by this organisation came to an end towards the end of the year as low numbers coming made it unviable. 

**Roots to Wellbeing** , the leading green social prescribing service met weekly at the Community Hub with a programme of outdoor nature connection activities in the park for anybody struggling with their mental health, loneliness anxiety or isolation. 

We continued to host the eclectic and popular **People’s University of Fishponds** monthly on Sunday nights. 

On Thursday nights music fills the air with the blissful **Songbirds Choir** led by the inspirational **Jannah Warlow** . Every Friday **Eastville Park Food Club** continued to provide support for the local community by sourcing and distributing donated food and other items at this important weekly event. 


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## **Spring** 

**Eastville Bowls Club** continued to meet regularly and is open to new members and enquiries. 

Friends of Eastville Park continued to support local teenagers doing their **Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Awards Scheme** .  Their contribution in the park is invaluable many thanks to Andy for co ordinating this! The flexible outside space also was perfect for **Bristol City Council’s Horticultural Course** which took place over a number of the spring and summer months. 

The first of 4 hugely popular **Book Fayres** and **Fundraising Cafés** also took place in June. 

**Frome Fairies** got their waders on and cleared tons of tree debris from the river near the weir great family fun! 

The Community Hub hosted **Folk Around Fishponds** every fortnight, a very special fortnightly event out for musicians and audience. 


## **Nature Sub Group** 

2024 was a busy year for the Habitat Management Volunteers as they continued to manage the blackthorn saplings in Redhill Drive field. Using funds awarded by Quartet Community, some wildflowers were sown at the end of the year (with lots more planned for this autumn!). 

**Nature Habitats in the park** 

The Habitat Management Volunteers are always keen to attract more people to their monthly sessions. These take place on the last Sunday of each month and involve enhancing and improving habitats for nature around the park, such as removing blackthorn saplings encroaching into grassland areas. 

## **Summer** 

The **Pop Up Cafe** volunteers linked up with **Bristol Refugee Festival – Celebrating Sanctuary** again and created a beautiful way of supporting refugees in our community with an event full of food, tennis, music and fun! It had a Horn of Africa focus this year and despite a few showers we danced and feasted. 

**Children’s Play Area:** We aim to renovate the sandpit and its equipment. 

**Eastville Park Bowls Club** were in full swing with home and away games and the occasional win! 

**Music with Maya** delighted the little ones from August, and the **Nissen Hut Community Hub** became extremely busy with bookings nearly every day of the week, with parties, corporate days in which teams painted, gardened and made a difference. 


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We also supported Special Friends Film Club a group which uses the Community Hub to enable young people who find mainstream cinemas hard to access to enjoy a cinema experience together. 

Other “one off” events included a couple of corporate away days and team building events and we hosted a lovely fundraising café for the charity Bristol After Stroke. We also have close links with the Nordik Walkers who love walking in the park 

## **Autumn** 

**Imayla Youth Club** continued to meet at the Community Hub on a Thursday and then we obtained funding from The People’s Health Trust to provide some further groups including Monday evenings (6 -9pm) **Creative Group** . 

**Christmas tree sales** went well as well as the wonderful **Eastville Park Calendar** and **A History of Eastville Park** booklet, providing us with a fantastic fundraising boost. Our lovely **Elderflower Cordial** is also available while stocks last. 

Throughout 2024 and into 2025 we have continued to try to keep the local community aware of our activities and dreams with regular “ **Parkie** ” articles in the Fishponds Voice; thank you Ken for always making space for us. 

## **New Year 2025** 

We are so grateful for all the volunteers who have made events happen, too many to name here and to all the wonderful people who have come and been part of this unique journey.  My highlight was being part of the Creative Group and watching the sunsets in March from the park.  What was yours? 

## **Financial Review** 

The charity had a surplus of £13,409 during the year on unrestricted funds (2024 deficit of £19,972). On an ongoing basis, expenditure is limited to available funds for each area of work, and the charity has no significant long term commitments; therefore the trustees are satisfied that the charity is a going concern, and will continue to be for the foreseeable future. 

## **Reserves Policy** 

The trustees have established a policy to provide for any sudden and unexpected loss of income, whereby the unrestricted funds should equal at least three and six months of core running costs, which equates to around £7,500. At the balance sheet date the free cash reserves amounted to £39,266 (2024 £25,857): therefore £7,500 of this has been designated as a Contingency Fund. 

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## **Statement of Responsibilities of the Trustees** 

Trustees are required to prepare financial statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and the incoming resources and application of resources, including the net income or expenditure, of the charity for the year. In preparing those financial statements the trustees are required to: 

- Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; 

- Observe the methods and principles in the applicable Charities SORP; 

- Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; 

- State whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and 

- Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation. 

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and which enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011 and the applicable Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations. 

The trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. The trustees confirm that to the best of their knowledge there is no information relevant to the Independent Examination of which the Examiner is unaware. 

The trustees also confirm that they have taken all necessary steps to ensure that they themselves are aware of all relevant financial information and that this information has been communicated to the Examiner. 

Approved by the trustees on 12[th] November 2025 and signed on their behalf by: 


…………………………………………………………  Sarah West, Trustee 

…………………………………………………………  Jo Edkins, Trustee 

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## **Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Friends of Eastville Park for the year to 31[st] March 2025** 

I report on the accounts of the Charitable Incorporated Organisation for the period ending 31[st] March 2025 which are set out on pages 9 to 15. 

## **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 material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe: 

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; or 

3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning 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 true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. 

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. 


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13[th] November 2025 

Rupert Taylor 5 Mount Pleasant Millbrook Torpoint Cornwall PL10 1BH 

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## **Friends of Eastville Park Statement of Financial Activities** 

## **Year to 31st March 2025** 

|**Year to 31st March 2025**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Restricted|Unrestricted|Total|Total|
|||funds|funds|funds|funds|
|||**Year to**|**Year to**|**Year to**|**Year to**|
|||**31/03/25**|**31/03/25**|**31/03/25**|**31/03/24**|
||||||[see Note 13]|
|||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
||Notes|||||
|**Income:**||||||
|Donations and legacies|[2]|150|574|724|500|
|Charitable activities|[3]|24,743|21,395|46,138|34,971|
|Other trading activities|[4]|-|5,359|5,359|10,145|
|||---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|**Total Income**||**24,893**|**27,328**|**52,221**|**45,615**|
|**Expenditure:**||||||
|Expenditure on raising funds|[5]|-|2,911|2,911|6,183|
|Charitable activities|[6]|16,569|11,008|27,577|62,688|
|||---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|**Total Expenditure**||**16,569**|**13,919**|**30,489**|**68,870**|
|||---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|**Net Income / (Expenditure)**||**8,324**|**13,409**|**21,732**|**(23,255)**|
|Transfers between funds||-|-|-|-|
|||---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|**Net Movement in Funds**||**8,324**|**13,409**|**21,732**|**(23,255)**|
|Total funds brought forward||3,022|25,857|28,879|52,134|
|||---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|**Total funds carried forward**||**11,346**|**39,266**|**50,611**|**28,879**|



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## **Friends of Eastville Park Balance Sheet** 

## **As at 31st March 2025** 

|||**2025**|**2024**|
|---|---|---|---|
||Notes|**£**|**£**|
|**Fixed Assets**|[7]|-|-|
|**Current Assets**||||
|Cash at bank and on hand||50,789|29,488|
|Debtors and prepayments|[8]|3,164|2,518|
|||---------------|---------------|
|||**53,952**|**32,006**|
|**Current Liabilities**||||
|Creditors and accruals|[9]|3,341|3,128|
|||---------------|---------------|
|**Total Current Liabilities**||**3,341**|**3,128**|
|||---------------|---------------|
|**Net Current Assets**||**50,611**|**28,879**|
|||---------------|---------------|
|**Net Assets**||**50,611**|**28,879**|
|**The funds of the charity:**||||
|**Unrestricted funds:**||||
|General funds|[10]|31,766|18,357|
|Designated funds|[10]|7,500|7,500|
|**Restricted funds**|[10]|11,346|3,022|
|||---------------|---------------|
|||**50,611**|**28,879**|



Approved by the trustees on 13th November 2025 and signed on their behalf by: 


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Sarah West 

Jo Edkins 

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## **Friends of Eastville Park Notes to the Accounts Year to 31st March 2025** 

## [1] **Principal Accounting Policies** 

The principal accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the financial statements are set out below. 

(a) Basis of preparation The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019), and the Charities Act 2011. Friends of Eastville Park meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note(s). (b) Preparation of the accounts on a going concern basis The charity's balance sheet at 31st March 2025 is in surplus, and funding has been secured for upcoming activities of the charity. No activities are planned without income to support them. Therefore the trustees are satisfied that the charity remains a going concern on an ongoing basis. (c) Income Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the items of income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably. Income from grants is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the grants have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably and is not deferred. Income received in advance of activities is deferred until the criteria for income recognition have been met. (d) Donated services and facilities Donated professional services and facilities are recognised as income when the charity has control over the item, any conditions associated with the donated item have been met, the receipt of economic benefit from the use by the charity is probable and that economic benefit can be measured reliably. There were no such donations during the year in question. In accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102), the general volunteer time of trustees and volunteers is not recognised with any monetary value (e) Interest receivable Interest on funds held on deposit is included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the charity; this is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the Bank. (f) Fund Accounting [i] Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity. [ii] Designated funds are unrestricted funds set aside by the Management Committee for particular purposes. [iii] Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal. (g) Expenditure Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is classified under the cost against the activity for which the expenditure was incurred, under the following activity headings: [i] Costs of raising funds comprise the costs associated with attracting voluntary income and the costs of trading for fundraising purposes. There were no such costs during the year in question. [ii] Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities, and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them. [iii] Other expenditure represents those items not falling into any other heading. There were no such costs during the year in question. (h) Allocation of support costs Support costs are those functions that assist the work of the charity but do not directly undertake charitable activities. These include office costs, finance, personnel, payroll and governance costs which support the charity's charitable activities. 

## (i) Taxation 

The charity is exempt from tax on income and gains falling within section 505 of the Taxes Act 1988 or Section 252 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to the extent that these are applied to its charitable objects. (j) Fixed Assets 

Tangible fixed assets are written off over the expected useful life of the asset, at 25% per annum on the reducing balance method. Individual items costing less than £500 are not treated as fixed assets. 

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## **Friends of Eastville Park Notes to the Accounts (continued) Year to 31st March 2025** 

## (k) Debtors 

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. 

## (l) Cash at bank and in hand 

Cash at bank and cash in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the account. 

## (m) Creditors 

Creditors are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due. 

|[2]|Income from donations<br>2025<br>2025<br>2025<br>Restricted<br>Unrestricted<br>Total<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>General donations<br>150<br>334<br>484<br>Gifts in Kind<br>-<br>240<br>240<br>----------------- ----------------- ----------------- <br>150<br>574<br>724|2024<br>2024<br>2024<br>Restricted<br>Unrestricted<br>Total<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>-<br>500<br>500<br>-<br>-<br>-<br> ----------------- ----------------- -----------------<br>-<br>500<br>500|
|---|---|---|



Gifts In Kind income represents payment for internet access paid by a trustee on behalf of the charity. 

|[3]|2025<br>2025<br>2025<br> Income from charitable activities<br>Restricted<br>Unrestricted<br>Total<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>Grants:<br>Grateful Society<br>4,000<br>-<br>4,000<br>People's Health Trust<br>20,743<br>-<br>20,743<br>----------------- ----------------- ----------------- <br>Total grants<br>24,743<br>-<br>24,743<br>Lettings<br>-<br>15,563<br>15,563<br>Fees for activities<br>-<br>162<br>162<br>Sales of refreshments<br>-<br>5,670<br>5,670<br>----------------- ----------------- ----------------- <br>Total income from charitable activities<br>24,743<br>21,395<br>46,138|2024<br>2024<br>2024<br>Restricted<br>Unrestricted<br>Total<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>5,000<br>-<br>5,000<br>8,890<br>-<br>8,890<br> ----------------- ----------------- -----------------<br>13,890<br>-<br>13,890<br>-<br>14,519<br>14,519<br>-<br>560<br>560<br>-<br>6,002<br>6,002<br> ----------------- ----------------- -----------------<br>13,890<br>21,081<br>34,971|
|---|---|---|



The charity received no government grants during the period (2024 nil). 

|[4] <br>[5]|Other income<br>2025<br>2025<br>2025<br>2024<br>2024<br>2024<br>Restricted<br>Unrestricted<br>Total<br>Restricted<br>Unrestricted<br>Total<br>Income from trading activities<br>-<br>5,359<br>5,359<br>-<br>10,145<br>10,145<br>----------------- ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- -----------------<br>-<br>5,359<br>5,359<br>-<br>10,145<br>10,145<br> Expenditure on raising funds<br>2025<br>2024<br>Costs of non-charitable trading activities<br>2,911<br>6,183|
|---|---|



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## **Friends of Eastville Park Notes to the Accounts (continued) Year to 31st March 2025** 

## [6] Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities 

||2025|2025|2024|
|---|---|---|---|
|Direct costs|£||£|
|Activity costs||1,934|6,630|
|Repairs and maintenance||3,035|5,803|
|Park improvements*||-|33,795|
|Salaries and pensions|14,576||7,871|
|Recruitment||-|108|
|Travel expenses||396|472|
|Premises costs||3,875|4,490|
|Costs of refreshments||2,182|2,673|
||---------------||---------------|
|Total direct costs|25,997||61,842|
|Support costs|£||£|
|Accountancy||294|142|
|Fee for Independent Examination||224|224|
|Stationery and printing||43|34|
|Bank charges||74|-|
|Insurance||408|283|
|IT costs||240|-|
|Legal and professional fees||297|163|
||---------------||---------------|
|Total support costs||1,580|846|
||---------------||---------------|
|Total charitable expenditure|27,577||62,688|



As the charity only undertakes one kind of activity, support costs have not been apportioned. 

* The park improvements are on behalf of Bristol City Council, who retain ownership of and responsibiity for the assets in question; therefore they are not treated as capital expenditure for the charity. 

## [7] Tangible Fixed Assets 

|[8]|Equipment<br>2025<br>£<br>Cost<br>Balance brought forward<br>-<br>Additions during the year<br>-<br>---------------<br>-<br>Depreciation<br>Balance brought forward<br>-<br>Charge for the year<br>-<br>---------------<br>-<br>---------------<br>Net Book Value at 31/03/25<br>-<br>_Net Book Value at 31/03/24_<br>_-_<br>Debtors and prepayments<br>2025<br>2024<br>£<br>£<br>Trade debtors<br>2,963<br>2,400<br>Prepayments<br>122<br>118<br>PAYE refund due<br>79<br>-<br>-----------------<br>-----------------<br>3,164<br>2,518|
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## **Friends of Eastville Park Notes to the Accounts (continued) Year to 31st March 2025** 

|[9]<br>[10]|Creditors<br>2025<br>2024<br>Amounts due within 12 months:<br>£<br>£<br>Trade creditors<br>-<br>2,718<br>Tax and National Insurance<br>-<br>31<br>Accruals<br>518<br>378<br>Funds held for Bristol Park Forum<br>2,790<br>-<br>Other creditors<br>33<br>-<br>-----------------<br>-----------------<br>3,341<br>3,128<br> Movements in Funds<br>Balance at<br>Balance at<br>31/03/2024<br>Income Expenditure<br>Transfers 31/03/2025<br>Restricted funds:<br>Defibrillator<br>942<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>942<br>Park bench<br>350<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>350<br>Grateful Society<br>1,579<br>4,000<br>(1,548)<br>-<br>4,031<br>People's Health Trust<br>151<br>20,743<br>(15,021)<br>-<br>5,872<br>Bench plaques<br>-<br>150<br>-<br>-<br>150<br>---------------<br>---------------<br>---------------<br>---------------<br>---------------<br>Total Restricted Funds:<br>3,022<br>24,893<br>(16,569)<br>-<br>11,346<br>Unrestricted Funds:<br>Designated Funds:<br>Contingency Fund<br>7,500<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>7,500<br>-----------------<br>-----------------<br>-----------------<br>-----------------<br>-----------------<br>Total Designated Funds:<br>7,500<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>7,500<br>General Funds<br>18,357<br>27,328<br>(13,919)<br>-<br>31,766<br>-----------------<br>-----------------<br>-----------------<br>-----------------<br>-----------------<br>Total Unrestricted Funds:<br>25,857<br>27,328<br>(13,919)<br>-<br>39,266<br>---------------<br>---------------<br>---------------<br>---------------<br>---------------<br>Total Funds:<br>28,879<br>52,221<br>(30,489)<br>-<br>50,611|
|---|---|



## Purposes of funds 

The defibrillator and park bench funds were raised from the public for these purposes. The Grateful Society grant helps cover the cost of a part-time co-ordinator. 

The People's Health Trust funds a "Creative group" and a "Food group". 

The bench plaques fund represents donations received specifically for memorial plaques on benches. The Contingency Fund exists to enable the charity to continue operations for three months in the event of any unexpected in drop in income. 

## [11] Payments to trustees and related party transactions 

No trustees received remuneration during the year (2024 nil) 

Three trustees received payments totalling £9,123 during the year (2024 £15,762 to two trustees). These were all reimbursements of costs incurred in furtherance of the charity's objects. 

One trustee donated £240 worth of internet access on the charity's behalf (2024 £240 from one trustee). There were no other related party transactions during the year. 

|[12]|Staff costs<br>2025<br>2024<br>£<br>£<br>Salaries<br>14,460<br>7,838<br>Employer pension<br>116<br>34<br>---------------<br>---------------<br>14,576<br>7,871|
|---|---|



The average number of staff employed by the charity during the year was 2 (2024 1) and the average full time equivalent was 1.2 (2024 0.3). 

The key management personnel of the charity are the trustees. There were no payments to key personnel during the year. 

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## **Friends of Eastville Park Notes to the Accounts (continued) Year to 31st March 2025** 

## [13] Previous year comparisons 

|Statement of Financial Activities 2023-24|Restricted|Unrestricted|Total|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||funds|funds|funds|||
||**Year to**|**Year to**|**Year to**|||
||**31/03/24**|**31/03/24**|**31/03/24**|||
||**£**|**£**|**£**|||
|**Income:**||||||
|Donations and legacies|-|500|500|||
|Charitable activities|13,890|21,081|34,971|||
|Other trading activities|-|10,145|10,145|||
||---------------|---------------|---------------|||
|**Total Income**|**13,890**|**31,725**|**45,615**|||
|**Expenditure:**||||||
|Expenditure on raising funds|-|6,183|6,183|||
|Charitable activities|17,172|45,515|62,688|||
||---------------|---------------|---------------|||
|**Total Expenditure**|**17,172**|**51,698**|**68,870**|||
||---------------|---------------|---------------|||
|**Net Income / (Expenditure)**|**(3,282)**|**(19,972)**|**(23,255)**|||
|Transfers between funds|||-|||
||---------------|---------------|---------------|||
|**Net Movement in Funds**|**(3,282)**|**(19,972)**|**(23,255)**|||
|Total funds brought forward|6,304|45,829|52,134|||
||---------------|---------------|---------------|||
|**Total funds carried forward**|**3,022**|**25,857**|**28,879**|||
|Movements in Funds 2023-24|Balance at||||Balance at|
||31/03/2023|Income|Expenditure|Transfers|31/03/2024|
|Restricted funds:||||||
|Defibrillator|2,183|-|(1,241)|-|942|
|Park bench|350|-|-|-|350|
|Warm Spaces|3,351|-|(3,351)|-|-|
|Quartet Nature Subgroup grant|420|-|(420)|-|-|
|Grateful Society|-|5,000|(3,421)|-|1,579|
|People's Health Trust|-|8,890|(8,739)|-|151|
||---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|Total Restricted Funds:|6,304|13,890|(17,172)|-|3,022|
|Unrestricted Funds:||||||
|Designated Funds:||||||
|Contingency Fund|7,500|-|-|-|7,500|
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|Total Designated Funds:|7,500|-|-|-|7,500|
|General Funds|38,329|31,725|(51,698)|-|18,357|
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|Total Unrestricted Funds:|45,829|31,725|(51,698)|-|25,857|
||---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|Total Funds:|52,134|45,615|(68,870)|-|28,879|



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