## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date 01 Sep 2023 31 Aug 2024
**From**
**To**
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** Marlow Bottom Playing Fields Management Committee **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 271046
**Charity's principal address** 12c Meadow View
Marlow Bucks **Postcode SL7 3PA**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 Nick Hudson Treasurer Whole year
2 Gareth Roberts Vice Chair Whole year
3 Allen Steele Chair Whole year
4 Stephen Fox Secretary Whole year
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**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
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**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
## **Type of adviser Name Address**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document
Constitutional adopted 1962
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
Trust How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustees are appointed or reappointed annually at the Annual General Trustee selection methods Meeting (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
MBPFMC works closely with the school adjacent to the field. 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.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
To manage and maintain the Marlow Bottom Playing Field and Play Area. Raising funds as necessary to maintain and/or enhance the Play Area equipment which was completely refurbished in 2012.
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Funds are raised through an annual music festival in June and a fireworks event in November.
We confirm the trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit.
**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)**
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
Although the majority of the running of the MBPFMC is carried out by members of the committee, we do receive help from volunteers from our village community.
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
In the last 12 months we have continued with the annual cadence of a family friendly music festival in June and Fireworks display in November.
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## **Section E Financial review**
Funds held in the bank account are not allocated to the purchase of **Brief statement of the** specific items as they are used to pay for the day to day running of the **charity’s policy on reserves** field such as paying for grass cutting, litter collections and damage incurred by accident or vandalism. A small sum is held in a higher interest account.
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
Not applicable.
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **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)**
**Full name(s)** Nick Hudson **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Treasurer **etc)** Date 25th June 2025
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## **INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT**
|OPERATING ACTIVITIES TO GENERATE FUNDS
Events organised
Fireworks 2023
Rock Bottom 2024
Rock Bottom 2022
Rock Bottom 2023
**Net income**
Donations
**Net income - All**
INVESTMENT INCOME RECEIPTS
Bank Interest
Hire Charges
CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES-PAYMENTS
TO AND ON BEHALF OF THE PLAYING FIELDS
Refurbishment
Repairs
MANAGEMENT AND ADMIN COSTS
Grass Cutting
Equipment
Rates
Admin
Security
Insurance
Sundries
Inspection Fees
**TOTAL INCOME / (EXPENDITURE)**
**BANK MOVEMENT y/e 31/08/2024**
Balance b/f 01/09/2023
Balance c/f 31/08/2024|Ad
20
Do
Hir
Ba
Le
Re
Ma|**For the year**|**ended**|Spend
Net Inc
(9,239)
(100)
(32,006)
17,842
0
0
0
13,584
**(41,246)**
**31,327**
0
2,555
**(41,246)**
**33,882**
Spend
Net Inc
26
0
(3,400)
(3,400)
(2,185)
(2,185)
(5,585)
(5,585)
(1,419)
(1,419)
(4,872)
(4,872)
0
0
0
0
0
0
(978)
(978)
0
(396)
(396)
(7,666)
(7,666)
**(54,496)**
**20,657**
ents
s
sts
**31st August 2024**
**2024**
2024|Income
10,496
0
0
32,578
**43,074**
0
**43,074**
Income
16
0
0
**43,090**|Spend
(10,420
(900
(3,202
(24,104
**(38,625**
0
**(38,625**
Spend
0
(1,950
(1,950
(480
(2,004
(65
0
(2,400
(2,671
(144
(7,764
**(48,339**
**2023**
2023|Net Inc
)
76
)
(900)
)
(3,202)
)
8,474
**)**
**4,448**
0
**)**
**4,448**
Net Inc
16
0
0
)
(1,950)
)
(1,950)
)
(480)
)
(2,004)
)
(65)
0
)
(2,400)
)
(2,671)
0
)
(144)
)
(7,764)
**)**
**(5,249)**
£
31,327
2,555
0
26
(5,585)
(7,666)|2024
vs 2023
(176)
18,742
3,202
5,110
**26,878**
2,555
**29,433**
9
0
(3,400)
(235)
(3,635)
(939)
(2,869)
65
0
2,400
1,693
0
(252)
98
**25,906**
£
26,767
33,907
(13,250)
47,424|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Income
9,139
49,849
0
13,584
**72,572**
2,555
**75,127**
Income
26
0
**75,153**
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23/24 net incom
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's
report on the accounts
Section A-
Indepéndent Exaininerfs Report
Report to the trustees/
members of
Charfiv Name
Marlow Bottom Playing Fields Management Committee
On accounts for the year
ended
31st August 2024
Charity no
(if any)
271046
Set out on pages
Separate file as attached
{remember to include tha p2gg numberTr n,. -
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity ('Ihe Trust,) for the year ended 31 /08/2024.
Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation
basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act
2011 ("the Act").
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
come to my attention
in connection with
the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respect:
accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of
the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
Independent
examiner's statement
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
Signed:
Date:
25th June 2025
Name:
Melanie Hudson
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
(if any):
ACA
Address:
12c Meadow View
Marlow
Bucks, SL7 3PA
IER
October 2018
Sectlon B
Dlsclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32,
Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for
examiners).
Give here brief details of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
IER
October 2018