WARREN RECREATION GROUND
(Lharity no.. 283037)
Chairman's Re
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car-endin
3141 March 2024 -
'A$ always, as chainnan of the WRG Chhrily on b¢half of all Twslees I would like to start by ihanking Easi Preslon l)arish
Council, and in particular its Amenities L'ominittcc and th¢ Assistant Clcrk, Dawn Reid. for the work involved in running th¢
wa￿en Rccreaiion Ground so sin(x)Il)ly IhruuL<h the r¢porting year.
-All the infonnation below refers to ihe period of April 2023 to March 2024."
'In April 2023, ctsurtegy of Paul Ainoo and the F.asl l)r¢ston film Society, an outdoor chess table was located at the entranct to
the Warren Recreation Ground from Ihc car-park. special building works iuok pldce around Ihe chess table tu provid¢ ailditional
pi'otcclion Irojn unwanted visitors and albo Elddilional planliDg, maintained by Easi Preston in Blooin. Ch¢ss pie¢es Can b¢
Iodned Iroin Looper Adains. Our thanks lo all tlir¢c orLFanisation8.
-Also in April 2023, th¢ ground dried-out ￿u￿7¢)ent]Y for the council 8 tree surgeon to carry out some maint¢nan¢¢ un th¢ trees
along thc weglern knunddry. Thi% hks l¢d lo soin¢ cuncems for soine resideiits 111) Ihdl boundary who liav¢ requcstcd Ihc salcty
nLtling bc raised io Ihe.%aine height As that on Ili¢ eaylcm boundary, Unlortuiiately. the Iree surgLon's Lhcny pi¢k¢r did cau8¢
soine uiiinleniled (Idinage Ii) LFrDund a rcsoluti()n tu Ihis had tLI bL nLgoliiiied with lh¢ criikei ¢lub.
'Tn June and July 2Q23, in ¢onjun¥li()n with Angmcring-on-seu Lawn Tennis c.lub, Ihe ¢(>un¢il offered Ihrcc frcc tennis-
coaching.seqsions to ii)¢inb¢rs ()f Ihc public, aiined ul encouraging fonner player4 hkck inio Ihc gaii)c whilst al.%0 otTerin¥
coinplele beginner8 Ihe LhttnLe to Iry ILnni8 for them8elvcs.'I'hc scssioiis were dverA¥¥ly su¢¢¢$3lul and, fur the lirsl liinL,
atteijdeets were direLted lo iyJ)k directly with thc icnnis Llub. ()ur ihanks io th¢ ¥lub fur its involv¥inent in Ihi4 sLheine,
C%￿￿,18)1Y Aiidr¢w Louk, the licad coach.
'%eLurity wa8 also glr¢ngthLmcd by new Inct<il gales ingtnlled Ilt ih¢ ¢iilran¢¢ fn)m lh¢ ¢Jr-park onto Il)c Warren ReLreation
Ciround grass¢d arva. The scrgLanl ()f the Neighbourhood P(IliLill&'lettin visiid and said he b¢lieved the couiicil liad d(Itie a%
mucli as il r¢asonAhly ¢ould lo proleLt the site in tlii8 way.
'In S¢plwnb¢r, work strarted on Ihc in(ra8truLture 10 8upporl thr¢¥ now 8lreeili&.hi8 to improv¢ security in the WaJTcn Recreglion
Gn)und cmr-park. Aft¢r soine nug¥ing. this work L()mpl¢ied i)efore C.l)ri$iina4. %ub.%equenily, nddilional work hnd lo b¢
coinpl¢led aftcr ¢oinplainls about light spill in lo a n¢ighlx)Iiriiig priip¢rly, bul this was rL'solved quiLkly til rhe saiisfacii(In of
th¢ householder. W¢ Jre gralL.ful to (lie l.a41 Preston and KiiibT%toIi Vill4L?e Hall Foundation for its LoL)peralion in supplyin
el¢itriLily lo Ilicsc SIr￿1]i&l￿tS.
'In O¢totKr the c(iuncil considered a proposal lo ¢hangFe th¢ lenni8 court inlo two Pudel LOUrt8. The council felt the proposal
inai?proprialc for the Warrcn Ilec And SUbbTeSted th¢ proposeri IDI)k dt Lashmar Rcc. More recently, H prop)sal lor four Padel
¢ouris tu he built at Worthing Ilugby C'lub, in Angill¢ring, hab b¢¢ii in the iiew5.
'-I'hrougJhoul the yedr and bey()nd, th¢ ¢ouii¢il has been negotialing with nLighbours about p(Il¢n¢ial Ir¢¢-work.s,.%ome ofwhich
have been completed to the n¢ighbour8' satistaotion. Addilionally, thc council hds been working eloscly with Ea8t Prcston in
Blooin, purtiLulurly th¢ mound by the ¢h&s8 tablc and the 80Uth.ea8tern corner whiLh has been iinprnv¢d alinost t)eyond
rccognition.
'1 would lik¢ lo thank David Macdollald uf the Martlet Parinership for ketpillLV the ¢harity's financcs in order. I would also like
to thank all East l)re5t()n Parish CounLiI %taff dnd councillorn f(Ir their effi)rts lo k￿p th¢ WR(y a plea8allt place so it can be
enj(iyed by everybody. Finallyy may l also ask the us¢rs to k¢¢p th¢ pla¢¢ in good ordcr for cvcryonc's benefit.
"I'hank yt>u."
Chaimian- Cllr Steve Toney
Dai¢.' g September 2024

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Warren Rccrnatlon Grollnd
Indepcndent E%&miner'5 Report to the Trustees
of W#rren Recreolion Groun
I report on ihe ac¢ounis of ihc Truyt for th¢ yCaT cnded 31 March 2024.
Rupettlve re5ponilbllltle6 of trnsteel eumlfjer
I'hc chsrity's InJstCC8 are r￿￿oNsIble for Ihc preparation ofthc accounts. The charity'% tru$lee8 consider Ihal an
audii is not required for this ycaT under section l44(2) of the Chariiies Act 2011 (thr 2011 Act) and that an
indcpcndent cxamination is ncedcd.
It is my resyonsibility to..
examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Acl
io foll()w the procedurL% laid down in the general I)irL¢¢ions given by Ihe commi3¥ion und¢r.sectiort
145{5llbl of the 2011 Act
to 8t&tr wh¢ihLr purtibular matier% have come to my a¢t¢ntion
BAJ15 0(tndeptAdent examlner's report
My examination was carried out in accordancc wilh the general Dir￿11011% given by Ihc Ch4rily Commi&%ion.
An examination include¥ a rcvicw of the accountin¥ r￿ordS kept by thc charity and a cornparison of the
aceounls preien¢¢d ￿1h Ihosc r¢cords. It alw includcs consideration of any unusual iL¢ms or di￿10$Ur¢S in the
a¢¢ouni$. and serkin¥ CKplanation¥ frorn you as tru%tees con¢¢min8 any buch mailer4. The procedU￿S
undcrtaken do not provide all th¢ ¢vidcncc that would be requircd in an audit and con¥e4uenily no opinion is
ivL'n tv wh¢¢h¢r lh¢ ￿￿n[S prL'sGnt M'truc falr view, Und th¢ TCPOrt is limi¢ed ¢0 ¢hi)Nc rn4iwYs $¢1 ou(
in the n¢KI ¥talemeni.
Independent examlner's st4lcment
In conn¥xiion with rny examination. no maller ha¥ com¢ lo my attention..
(11 which givcs me re&qonable cause 10 bclieve that in llny matCTial re￿ect the rquirem¢nl8'.
to keep accounling rccord5 in accordance wilh ￿l￿ti￿n 130 of the 2011 ALt
lo prepare aecounty which accord with thr accounting records and comply wilh the a¢¢ounling
r¢quircmcni$ ofthe 2011 Act
havc rtot been met or
{21 ¢0 which, in my opinion, attenti¢Jn Should be drawn in order lo cnable A proper undcrstandins of the
accounts to be redched
David C Macdonald BA FCA
The MArtIL4 Partnrrship LLP
MartlEt I lou$r
r.i Ycoman Gat¢
Ycoman Way
Worthing
West SusseK
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