TTLE HORw￿D RE
REATION GROUND
ACCOUNTS
FO
THE YEAR ENDED
I DECE
BER 202J
CHARITY N
MBER 294245

I.ITI"LF. HC)RM(KID RF.CRF.ATIUF4 C.'RUIIP4D
YAPICJ..
TAIENIF.N%"r F()R THF. I"E.4R ETr4
31 DE(-E.￿l￿F.R 202J
ED
ONTFP4T8
Lty41 and th)ini5tTrtiv¢ dethils
ReFM of the trusitts
3. Statemeni of respKytsibililies
4. lThJepeTh1em examiw's T¢r
5. Sthiemeni offiJwKial a¢¢ivilie5
6. Baknnce sl*
7. Notes ￿ Iht finwKiil

LITTLE HnRWrfXID RFCRE.4TiOW r.ROIIND
RETr ERF.YC'k & 41)%11)1STR*TII'E DF.TAILS
FOR THE I'EAR EPIDEDJI DECEMB
R20
LEGAL STATUS
The Irusi was estsblished by a trust d¢¢d dwed 9 Deceml*r ISY12 aThl is a regis*rtd Charity (No.
295?451. Th¢ irusi is M liable 10 UK irKornc orcorp)rntion thx.
COhlMirrEE ANDTRUSTEES
The follo￿1￿¥ %rved dwin8 lh¢ year ar¥J to dale=
Adam Howe
Trustee and joint
Shtt]ey SpuThell
Tru￿et aThl joint chair
Bob Curti$
Trusree.
Nick D¢
Trusix lapwintrd 8 May 20241
Sieve SimFwn
Trustee Irsign¢d 8 May ?Q241 P8rish COU￿11 r¢presentaiive
Wayrte Wi150n
TreasU￿r Irtsigned Novemtr*r 20231
Howe
Tr¢45ur¢r lapwin*d De¢¢mber20231
Dr Al¢x Siubbifftp
Secr¢tsry Ircsign¢d J￿Uary 20231
Hilary KBn¢
Bwkin8 se¢rtl8ry
Dan Shen¥0￿1
S¢¢rw laprx)in*d June 20231
Robbi¢ MePhears
P8rish Cwr*il r¢w¢5¢n¢Jtiv¢ (*pN)inttd Mly 20231
Jerem> Church
Tom Davis
David Duff
TSB PLC
Winslow
Bu¢kits5hire
DMINISTRATI
Clo the Ireasurer.
Kw¢n Howt FCCA
Greetwres
13 Mur51ey Road
Liiile Horwwd
Bucks MK17 OPG
INDF.PFP4DF.NT EXAMINER
Marie Rawlings MAAT
13 Mallard5 Way
Bir¢si¢r
OX266WU

rrLE HORMOOD RFCRFATION GRO
RF.PORTOFTHE TRI15TFF.S
FOR THF )'E.4R FP4DED 31 DFCF.NIBER
ND
023
PRINCIPALACTIVITIES
The ObJ￿1ve5 ofihe charity art:. To provid¢ mwntain r¢Er¢Aiional faciliii¢s for th¢ vi114e
of Liiile Horw(K)d in th¢ ar¢a kK*wn a5 Ihe rect￿70n yound-
The fuciliiie5 and &s¥tsof thtcknty irKlwJe
lth¢ hall I r(xrnth) Is sdth)I I
The RecrrJiMxMI 8ft)wds
The MUGA
lkne¢hiklrtn"s pIa).Br￿￿d H￿1
Th¢ Vill*8¢ MDryuee
GANIS TION
Th¢ fuThJ is odminisiertd ty thc ¢nL4tttS Wmi the Little Horw¢xKI Re¢r￿lOn Grow￿ mwwent
commin¢¢. All of ￿th1¢h ore voluntttrs.
VESTMENT POWE
The trust de￿ sl81¢5-411 s￿5 of cash now or & any lime ￿10￿￿1￿￿ to the ¢harit>'. not needed for
immedia1¢ w0￿1n8 puryMis¢s. sknll lun1¢5s (AhmYis¢ ord¢r¢dl &% soon &% p)Ssibl¢ b¢ invested under
the auihoriry ofa furtherotderof the Clwiry C(*nmissiom in the name of-Th¢OfficI￿ TTUStet5 of
Charitsbl¢ Fund5"
RELATED PARTIES
Th¢Te •T¢ no reliied trans￿lan5.
RATI
ND
The main evenl for 21J23 was the mwh anil¢1￿1¢d OF¢ning of IhE rmlly renoi?ied children'5 play
With th¢ exception of lh¢ 57vings. all the pjty equipneni fft r¢pl￿ed wilh and more
challengin8 ¢quipmeni. W0￿1n8 wilh Speciall￿ Pl￿ground Inst￿lets Kompan. the equip]D¢nl
s¢l¢ded for 115 varicty and wide range of oulwrn￿ for us¢r5. N¢w floor 5urface5 M'ere instslled in line
wilh safely 5iaDdard8. bji a150 r¢pruen￿lIvt of Ihe vill4e country S¢ttirtg. The Cu PArk area was
enlar¥ed 51i8htly 10 crell* moT¢ S[￿ and safer wking.
To com￿n511t for the loss ofplay m. a lip witt w&% in5ts11ed MUCA lo create more
Bdveniurous play for older childf¢n. The play8rouJ¥J O￿l¢la11) with 3 frtt Easier egbb huni
for the locNI rhildrtn and thildren from lh¢ wwkr in onkr io ￿blic1St and cel¢Foi¢ lh¢
venut.
All ihis was p)ssibl¢ a5 4 rrsuli ofa 8￿1 fr(xn FCC of £7O.(XXI Rnd f10.IXMJ from thc Village tru# f(
which the recreation￿ gTouThJ commillee are txittmel) yaitfvl.
Sadly. Ihe Parish Cwncil felt Y￿ble to rttlaim th¢ VAT clwgcd ￿ the playground expense. which
led lo an unplanned exrKns¢ of£16.LW which th¢ Rec fund5 had 104b5orb and which d¢plded ihc cash
T¢S¢rve5. A £5.1KIO grant by th¢ ¥illa8e trust 10 &ssis1 with VAT expense.
New curtainswtht insthlkd8nd¢ltttrica] Irs￿l￿10rts WCTe Changed￿ low fixturesarml fil¢in8.

The Auto mowers ¢oniinucd • large ex￿ duc ￿ damage cau*d ty ¥and￿15m. Tlus w*$
i¥Fih dismaying Wnd ¢xpensive h￿(￿llY the probl¢m h&$ now l*en r¢solvul
Hall trthkin¥5 w¢re hefjtthy ihrou8lKMrt the year8nd F￿0¥1￿1 a strt4m of inthne. Ihrt you io
our Secrtary Hilary KaK formanJ8iD8 thi5 ￿sk ￿ ¢￿￿le￿[Y
Spring and Autumn voluntcff ¢kan-U￿ were well attathl and th¢ facilities Contin￿ th be well
aintsined.
The BianDual village B￿1 tlK)k place in (kxrthr ￿￿1 wts le55 wdl atterKkd protebly due w the ucknt
¢osl. Tr Fuiure of the Village B&ll will & rcviewcd to thide what of ￿1Vity FK5t mc¢ts ¢hr
n¢¢ds of the villa8¢.
The Camp night coniinues very wpularwith aTrJ ￿ a mthantlc1￿￿ date in thc
calendar.
The Rec wjunds 10 k uttli5cd for the annLMI Church fde. rK¢ and the village
¢¢.
An Additional event Ihis year wlls the village 'strttt' prty. ￿tch held in the Rec maTquee
celebrate ih¢ corona11￿ of Kin8 Chwlc5. This wls a frtt 10 allend e¥enl ond wts much appre£iaied by
Ihc village residents wlh)5e enth￿i*M 51Wrt mBdetlus day inio a joyous (Kcasion. Many thank5
80 to ihe volunittrs who tirelcssly el￿ 8tbJ thstrwitl¢ m8Tquet for iKrth thc ￿n&t10ft and the
Vi1188e B￿1
Finally. our long serving tr¢aswer Teiired after m8ny years ofservice and Ihe Committ￿ bvsws
W15h lo rxord a thank you 10 Waync Wi150n for his iireless forihe reuutional ￿MmItt￿.
The chair would ￿s0 lik¢ tts ¢hthk the vojun*¢r5 forth¢￿ iimeand enthu5ium.
Fututt PI*DI
Our primary Focus for 2024 is to make Ihe manaBeM￿l oftht hall more streamlined. Ideally Fthkin8$
will t¢ made on line8nd Ihere will ￿ awebsitesedion withiththe vill•8¢ w¢b5i*capfybleof promo(in8
events and aCceFrti￿ onl1r￿ i￿￿ings.
The Parish COW￿11 h&8 yequtsied an arta of ￿ldIng. ￿*￿een the Ret 8TouThts w¥J ihe spir*ney and in
pwin¢iplt this has E¢en agreed on ItK FfOVi50 lh¢ Rec commillee will not be h¢ld T¢swnsible for
the mainienance and Ihai th¢ t￿Y￿1￿￿¢S oftht Rrf th¢lww¢d und the pyimary w of tk land
&$ a place for Te¢r¢*ion is not compromis&J.
I1￿¢ 15 H desirt 10 exieTrJ the Kikhcn wr¢• Ihi$ will be w) ongoing projeci requirin8 fundraising so
ly $ieps ofde5i8n pljnning we likely 10 stsrt Ixrt Consin￿lion 15 ryobfybl). goin¥ 10 b¢ H few
yW5 Sway.
Th¢ vill88e ¢ommunity will k invited to commenl M any pl￿5 ￿ an aprTopriaie lime.
The Ilalian cv¢nith8 will thke place in May, f(bllow¢d ￿. Ik vili•8¢ camFQUI
The R¢c will onee again kni ihe villw fd¢ this year tkn will Fr an ￿Mill0n11 Barn dance
imm¢diHt¢ly following Ihe fe*.

ConS1ituilon And ObJtti oftbe Trnsl
The &sseLs of the are 10 Ihe ofimFY0vi￿ the life for the re5id¢nts of Littl¢
Hon4wJ in BuckinBhamshire and ihe n¢18ht￿yl￿8 ar¢L%.
Trustees and Cornmittet of M•llAgemeni
The ITU5t¢es comprise four ]Them￿r$ elecied by th¢ Por¥h CourKil to serve for 4 yeaTh year. Any
¢omKxI￿I may bt ￿ Ipp)iN￿L
Thc management ¢ommittet 15 xl¢¢1ed frThn suitable and willing voJunteer5 wlxi ￿vede￿o￿5￿2ted a
commitment to h¢lpin8 maiDwn Ihis villw f￿1]ity
No remtth¢mion or eX[*￿t ￿lowanceS ￿ld for ¥tihK in the Lw*ity of tru5t¢¢ ty committce
memb¢r
P*blic Bthtflt
The Trusiees eonfirnj thi they have rtfcThed to Ihe guidance conth1n￿ in the Charity Commission'5
gener￿ ¥uidance th public b¢D¢fit rnie*ing th¢ Cknrity's *itos •r#l obittave5 And in planning
future acijvLlie5 forthe yur.
Rtt¢rveJ
The Trusi¢¢s hold tht majority. of funds a5 Texrves wrtil s￿h tun¢ &4 suitsble proJ￿ts orexr¢nditure
Ere idtniifi¢d to fulfil ￿ charithble obi¢¢i1￿5.
The TTusi¢es a¢iively ffview the major risks th¢ Tn￿ f•cts on a regular bA5i5. A5 well a5 ¢oDsiderin8
inkrnal Contro￿ the Trustees have￿$0 ￿￿1￿>l￿her0rfft1lQll￿ risks cortfim th￿ $ysoms and
iniilatives are in pia¢¢ whi¢h are rt8ularly rewiewed in Ord￿ w miiiga*th05e risks.
Shirley $pU￿ell & Adam Howt
Chiir5- joini
23 (k¢O
24
Sis￿d on behaifof Ihe ffi￿ee5

INDF.PFNDF.NT EXA YINER'S IEF.
RT
TOTHETRIISTF.E%I)F LIThLE H()RM'QnD REC REATION GROUND
I [t￿rt on th¢ #¢tO￿Ls orth¢ ¢umw ftv thE year eTrJed 31 Detember2023. 7*hich ff¢ *t
IM8¢5 9 10 13.
Rupttilve rtspoNslbllbtitg of¢ruste* •Dd eumlner
InLtkcs rr5[rf￿1blc for the prtr*rniion of thc The ¢ortsidcr tkn an wdit is
IMII requir¢d for thi5 y¢Hr under section 144(21 of the Cknilies Aci 2012 Ithe 2022 Acii und that *J
indepcThJ¢nl eximiniiion 15 needed.
li 15 my ¢s)￿s1b11itY trj:
cxmitr the accounis S¢thion 145 of th¢ 20122ArL
to follow the $XLKedu￿Y Isid down in thc g¢n¢rnl Dir¢¢iions given by the Charity. Commis5iOTJ under
s¢ciion 14515Xbi of the 2011 Aci. and ¢0 whether wiicul* m•tter5 have come to my aN¢ntion.
of l#d¢pthdtttt txamlAerts ttport
My examinBlion ¢am¢d oui ID with the 8w*rnJ ThTection5 given by the Cknrity
Commi55ioD. An examIn￿t0￿ includes a r¢vi¢w of the rniing kept by the ¢hwtry
comw$on of Ihe accoum5 prt5¢ni¢d with ikne records. li ￿50 I￿l￿deS con5id¢rnrioty of any unu5U
it¢m$ or disc105ur¢5 in tht p*counts aThl xeking ¢iplknaiions from you as mL51¢es concerning w)y s￿h
mwiers. The prwdwes uThJerthk¢n wvide all the evid¢n¢¢ Ihw wollld be requiTtd ity an I￿11
s￿￿ conwuenily no opinion is 8i¥en 85 10 wh¢th¢r the *eounts pre5eni •'tru¢ fair ￿ew. arml the
repxl is limited 10 IIw)3¢ mdters sei in th¢ $wemeni below.
Independeni exam1r￿T'S 5wemeni
In ¢onn¢¢iion wilh my ¢x&minMioN M m8tterhls¢￿¢ to my dt¢rfim'.
111 which givu me re*son•ble c•we ￿ t¢li¢¥e in any ￿ler1￿1 rewi rtqUiT¢m¢nts ￿ kttp
accounting record5 in Accorda￿¢ with sethion 130 of tk ?0?2 Aet 10 wtr*rt ￿OUnts which
ac¢ord with the acwunLU4 rttords. comply with lh¢ 4¢¢ourttin8 ttquirements of the ?0?? Act
httv¢ teen m¢t.'
{21 ￿ which in my opirtior4 attentititi shwld bedramm in orthr io ¢nabl¢ • FYowurthMndin8 of the
a¢counlS to be rtKh¢d.
Mari¢ Rawlings MAAT
Signed
23 ￿￿tr*r2024

LITTLE HORw￿D RFCREATION GRDIIND
OFTRUSTEES. RE.%PnN.%IIILITIFS FQR THF. VEAR ENDED
31 DECEMBER 11123
ATEMEP4
Charity law rt4uircs th¢ thL5*¢s kn rKtprr fil￿nCIal sthicMcr￿ for exh finar￿jaI yev which give a
¢nK and fair view of th¢ 5tht¢ of affaits of the chuity and its financial activities forth81 period. In
Pf¢PaTing those fin8nci81 swemcnt& Iht tnw art rtyuired ￿.
select suilable xcowjting ￿liCieS 8Th1 then 8pply them consi$trntly.
51ate whether awlicabie XtiXEthirystsThJllrd5 hve iK¢ty followe4 Subj￿¢¢0 •ny matcriil
departur¢s dis¢105¢d and explained ith $tatements:
prer•¢ the finarriaj stthm¢nts on the goi￿ ¢oJxern 1*515 unl¢M li i8 in¥woprial¢ 10
presume that the Charity will coniihll¢ in oper*ion•l existr￿e.
The InL**e5 are respjnsible for ke¢pin8 FffOPEr ￿oun17￿8 r￿OrdS W￿¢￿ distlose with rea50nllbl¢
accurncy ai any lime th¢ r)nwKial F*)siiion ofthe fuThJ aThJ enable them to ensure thai the fJDwKial
ststtm¢nts comply with the Chariiics A¢1 2022. They are Blso re5Fon5ibl¢ for 54f¢gu4Tding ihe
ofihe fund Bnd hette fortskin8 tUSOMblt $t¢F4 for the pr¢v¢ntion aThJ d¢lt¢lion (pf frnud and thher
iThegularities.

LI￿LE HORW(M)D RECREATION GROUND
STATEMENT OF FINANCIALACTIVITIES
YEAR ENDED31 DECEMBER
023
No
2023
2022
IPICOMIP4G RLSOURCES
A¢iiviiies otyj don￿1￿5
27.174
24.607
Granls
3,552
5,250
Inve5trnent I￿rA￿e
215
TOTAL INCOMING KESOURCES
30.941
29.868
RESOURCES EXPENDED
Dirt¢l chawithbl¢ ¢XF¢thliiiir¢
Fund rnisin8 ex￿￿5
8240
586
Improvements 10 fxilitie5
9.276
16.681
Electricity ar¥J w*er
-2.106
2.747
lJ55
1214
Other 0￿rn11m8 eXF￿&s
1.594
1,429
Su* exFe
534
46.8
Depreciaiion
3.778
1.704
TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED
21.071
?5.876
Net incoming iesoiirc¢5
4.04?
FUNDS BROUGHT FORWARD
103.863
99.8?1
FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
103.863

io
LIThLE HORII'OOD RFCREATION GROUND
BALANCE SIIF.ET ATJI DECEMBER2023
N￿e
2023
2022
FIXED A&SETS
88.442
76.479
CURRENT ASSETS
Debiovs and
epoyJJ)¢nts
C￿h a¢ ￿nk
1223
24.418
31.920
CREDITORS
(Amounts falling due within ith¢ yearl
A¢en￿lS
O¢h¢r
2.806
1.730
1.950
NET CURREP4T
ASSETS
23.691
27.384
NET ASSETS
103.863
FUNDS
TRUST CAPITAL
Ai l Janwry 2023
103.863
99.8?1
Surplus forthe yur
8.770
4.￿2
Al 31 December 2023
103.863
The finarKiaJ sth*m¢nts on page5 9 ￿ 13 wwr uFyoved by & th￿¢¢$ on 23 O£¢okr 20*4
and signed on their Ixhaifby..
Shirley SPu￿ell & Adam Howe
ChaiT5- Joint

LirrLE HORW(X)D RECREATION GROUND
OTE TO THF ACCOUNT
THE YEAR ENDEDJI DECEMBF.R2023
ACCOUNTING POLICILS
al Tr finwiaj sWements have Ixen [ffe￿￿ed thc historical cost convention a￿j in
aceordaEKe with th¢ rev￿d Slalcmcnt of Rc¢(Knmcnd fv8Ctice.Accounlin8 8nd Rcwrtin8
by Chariti¢s{SORP2￿s1-ACc0uN1￿ aThJ Rerx)rtin8 by Chwilies.
¢1 A￿]Vity income aTrJ ¢x￿￿11￿¢ 1$ IK1￿ on an t•si
d) Grnnts received and r¢¢eiv•bl¢ *e ¢rttht¢d ty iLKW?in8 resour¢tt matchc4J wth
d¢siwthd ex￿ndIn
e) ￿her exFfylilur¢ ￿ inclthon an •c¢nMJ$ i¥sis.
TAXATION
The Tntst is 2 YryiJ¢rtd ¢hMity a¢¢ordin8ly is exem0 from ¢*X•¢ion on 1¢$ in¢ome when
aw)lied forchsritsble pur￿.
AcfivJTJES AND IX)NATJONS
2023
2022
Hire
19.414
B#ll
9JOI
Feed lrtTwrif ¢le¢tiicity
lJ58
Aciiyiiies
1,067
Sundry i￿r•I10n$
3.085
?7.174
24.607

12
LIThLE HORW(K)D RECRFATFON GROUND
NOTF.TO"fiiF_ACC'OUNTS
R THE VEAR ENDEb
I DECEMBER 20
conlinutd
GRANTS
2023
2022
Link HoTWC4Jd P*i5h CouKil
3J53
1,250
Little HOTh¥￿d Tn
Bu¢ks County CowKil
3.553
5250
FIXED ASSETS
￿￿1￿J1￿8&
IMPDVerntllL% Imwovunalls SW Mowers
Tot
Balance x l Jmwy
Co
119.A
73.075
26.801 23.440 31,J37 20MS
111.801 -23.440 .14,49J
7J
8.731 231.Q27
.230hl I
Addsiions
It￿.?40
IIK).740
Na¢ca 31 DKMTrb¢r
4&831
15.740
17.042 12.105
-738 101.156
Deprttknlkn•
BHJEnrt 81 l J*
2.882 4J69
8.937
Net chu8e fwye
B￿1￿¢¢ Dt JI
t)ccember
1.019
3.778
I.IM9
1027
3J22
Net Book Vilut
31 t￿¢￿￿￿12￿23
46.831
14.691
15.015
921J
88.442
31 tk(ernFKr2022
4&831
15J56
9.923
4J69
76.479

13
LITTLF 111)RWOOD RFCREATION I.'ROUND
NUTE T() THF ACCOIINT.S
tontinued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED JI DECFMIIFR 202J
DEBTo￿AND PREPAYMENT
2023
2022
Pr¢pyments
(hher D¢trtors
1223
1,223
TRUST CAPITAL
Tenrkis
Tot
2022
2023
2023
2023
BAinnce at l Jan
103.863
103.863
99,821
Tr&nsfer
SuTpIu5 1 Idefi¢ill for
4.042
8270
8.270
103.863
COMMIrrFE MEMBER ANDTRusfE
REMUNERTION
The neiihcr r¢¢¢ived N)r ￿1ved 4ny atholum¢nts during the yearl2022: Nil)