## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From: Period start date April 2022 To: Period end date March 2023** ## **Charity name: Forest Park Community Association** ## **Charity registration number: 298690** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|Promote the benefit of the inhabitants of
Forest Park (hereinafter called the “area of
benefit”), without distinction of sex, sexual
orientation, nationality, age, disability, race
or of political, religious or other opinions, by
associating together the said inhabitants
and the statutory authorities, voluntary and
other organisations in a common effort to
advance education and to provide facilities
in the interests of social welfare for
recreation, and leisure-time occupation with
the object of improving the conditions of life
for the said inhabitants.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|(a) Co-operate with other voluntary
organisations, statutory authorities and
individuals;
(b)Establish or support a local forum of
representatives on community groups,
voluntary organisations, statutory
authorities and individual involved in
community work;
(c) Promote and develop or to assist in the
promotion and development of community
organisations and community social
enterprises in the area of benefit;
(d) Acquire and distribute funds to assist in
the provision of grants to community
organisations in the area of benefit| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Yes the charity is run for public benefit in
accordance with the charity’s objectives**.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Volunteers hold the positions of Chair, Vice
Chair, Treasurer and Secretary| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|The Charity, Forest Park Community
Association (FPCA) runs the local
community centre for community groups to
come together to meet friends/colleagues
in their respective groups and organisations
This year we have replaced chairs and
tables and helped a couple of regular
groups who meet at the hall. We have
replaced some equipment and waived rent
for a couple of months to help with their
finances| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**n/a**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**n/a**| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|At the end of the financial year FPCA was
in a healthy financial position| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|We survived through the COVID pandemic
by receiving grants, and so the Committee
decided to hold a reserve amount of £20k
to protect us from any such event in the
future| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£20K| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|n/a| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|n/a| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|n/a| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|We obtain our income from hiring out the
Community Centre| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|n/a| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|An event such as the recent pandemic
where we are unable to open the Centre
and hire it out| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Unincorporated Association| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are volunteers who go through a
DBS check and who have an interest in the
Community Centre| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|We are a small Community Association
running our Community Centre on behalf of
the local council. Our Trustees have
traditionally been the Officers on the
committee who are all volunteers and have
an interest in the community centre. We
attend regular meetings in which the
finances are discussed and we have a
Business Plan which sets out our expected
income/expenditure for the year. All
Officers have a copy of the Constitution| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|We are one of many Community Centres in
Bracknell Forest. Regular network meetings
with other Community Centres are held,
organised by an employee of the Borough
Council. Our Centre Manager, and
sometimes the Secretary attends these
meetings.| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|We rent the Community Centre from
Bracknell Forest Borough Council and run it
on their behalf| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Forest Park Community Association| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|298690| |Charity’s principal address|Forest Park Community Centre
Horndean Road
Forest Park
Bracknell, Berks
RG120xQ| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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3
4
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6|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Debbie Evans|Secretary||| ||JackyMcKay|Treasurer||| ||Pamela Walde|Chair|25thJuly2022|| ||Scott Fulton|Vice Chair|25thJuly2022|| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved ## **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**||| |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|**n/a**|| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|n/a|| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own
assets|n/a|| ## **Additional information (optional)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature**|**Full name**|**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**| |---|---|---| ||Pam Walde|Chair| ||Scott Fulton|Vice Chair| ||Debbie Evans|Secretary| ||JackyMcKay|Treasurer| |||| ## **DATE** Contents General Inform*ion Accountant's Report Client Approval Certificate Prtsflt & Loss Account Balance Sheet GENERAL INFORMAYION Chair Mr5 Pamda Walde Addre$5 Horndean Road Forest Park Bracknell Bthshlre RG12 OXQ ACCOUNTATrTrS REPORT TO FOREST PARK COMMUNrtY ASSOCNnON In accordance with hyour instruttlons. the finanelal statèmertrts of Forest Pafk Community A550Ciation, which comprises the Profit & L055 Account, Balance Sheet and rel*ed notes. have been compibed from the accountin8 records. Inforn)ation and explanatlons that you have provldÈd. The financial staternents have been compiled on the actthjnting basi5 set out In note I to the ￿nancIal statements. The financial ststements are not intended to achieve full Compliance with the provlslon of UK Generally Accepted Accountirtg Principles. Thls report Is made to you. The work that has been undertaken has been that necessary to compile the financial statements. report to you on them and to state any matters to you thSs report and for no other purpose. No responsibility is accepted or should be assumed to anyone other than Forest Park Communsty Assocfjatb)n for that work or for thls rèport. You have approved ihè financial statements for the year ended 31st March 2022 and have acknowledged your responsibility for them. for the approphatene5s of the accounting basis and for provldln8 all information and ex￿anatIonS necessary for thelr compllation. The accuracy and completene95 of the accountln8 records and the information and explanatlon5 provided by you has not been verified and therefore no oplnloD15 expressed on or statement appended to the financial statements. Katherine Carter SKD Accounting Ltd 62 Westmorland Drl¥e Warfleld rkshire RG42 3QP Date......2410712023..............................-..-......-..........-.. CLIENT APPROVAL CERTIFICATE In accordan￿ wrth the ternlg of en￿ernent of SKD Acc¢yJnting Ltd, l approve the financial staternents for the year ended 31st March 2023 which Comp￿seS the Profrt and Loss Account. the Balance Sheet and the related notes. l acknowledge mv responsibility forthe financial statements, including the appropriateness of the accounting basFS as set out In note l. and for providing SKD Accounting Ltd with all informatlon and explanations necessaryforth•r compilation. P. Walde 1712¥ PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT Forth• Year Endod 31 Marth 2023 2022 In¢ome: Hall Hire Grants Interest Eamed Lottèry 35.376 26,773 5,174 29 1,033 33 36,437 31,981 Expendlture: Wages Water rates & rent Insurance Ll8ht & Heat Telephone Postage. printing & Stationery Repalrs & Renewals Cleanln8, gardèning and waste disposal Sundry Expenses Prèmises Expenses Accountancy 16,TlO 899 474 15,605 598 462 2,527 547 534 126 138 1.918 505 157 812 1,719 136 1,620 25.869 24,393 10,569 7,587 Renovatlons, FIx￿re5 & FStt1 Offlce Equipment Not¢•2 NEf PROFITIILOSSI 10,569 7,587 Notss". 'l- Sundry expenses includes the music licencè for the year. *2_ New tsbles and chairs purthased- c05t shown In sheeL BALANCE SHE At 31 Marth 2022 HXED ASSErs Tan8ible Assets 3.586 549 3,586 549 CURRENT A￿E Debtors Prepayments Current Account Savings Account Cash in Hand 3,149 2,893 67 21,022 8.164 20.029 83 31,410 24.065 CURRENf IlAblUTIES Atcrued Expenses Uncleared Cheques Qeditors 16 16 51 51 34.980 24,562 NET ASSETS 34.980 24,562 FINANCED BY: CAprrAL Accoumr 34O80 24.$62 Notes: - ind￿5 ccffiputerequipmentand tostof r*w tstrAesaThJ thairywrthased in tN5 finar￿4 year 2022n3. FOREST PARK COmMUN￿A$S0aATh0N FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST WIRCH 2023 Contents General Inform*ion Accountant's Report Client Approval Certificate Prtsflt & Loss Account Balance Sheet GENERAL INFORMAYION Chair Mr5 Pamda Walde Addre$5 Horndean Road Forest Park Bracknell Bthshlre RG12 OXQ ACCOUNTATrTrS REPORT TO FOREST PARK COMMUNrtY ASSOCNnON In accordance with hyour instruttlons. the finanelal statèmertrts of Forest Pafk Community A550Ciation, which comprises the Profit & L055 Account, Balance Sheet and rel*ed notes. have been compibed from the accountin8 records. Inforn)ation and explanatlons that you have provldÈd. The financial staternents have been compiled on the actthjnting basi5 set out In note I to the ￿nancIal statements. The financial ststements are not intended to achieve full Compliance with the provlslon of UK Generally Accepted Accountirtg Principles. Thls report Is made to you. The work that has been undertaken has been that necessary to compile the financial statements. report to you on them and to state any matters to you thSs report and for no other purpose. No responsibility is accepted or should be assumed to anyone other than Forest Park Communsty Assocfjatb)n for that work or for thls rèport. You have approved ihè financial statements for the year ended 31st March 2022 and have acknowledged your responsibility for them. for the approphatene5s of the accounting basis and for provldln8 all information and ex￿anatIonS necessary for thelr compllation. The accuracy and completene95 of the accountln8 records and the information and explanatlon5 provided by you has not been verified and therefore no oplnloD15 expressed on or statement appended to the financial statements. Katherine Carter SKD Accounting Ltd 62 Westmorland Drl¥e Warfleld rkshire RG42 3QP Date......2410712023..............................-..-......-..........-.. CLIENT APPROVAL CERTIFICATE In accordan￿ wrth the ternlg of en￿ernent of SKD Acc¢yJnting Ltd, l approve the financial staternents for the year ended 31st March 2023 which Comp￿seS the Profrt and Loss Account. the Balance Sheet and the related notes. l acknowledge mv responsibility forthe financial statements, including the appropriateness of the accounting basFS as set out In note l. and for providing SKD Accounting Ltd with all informatlon and explanations necessaryforth•r compilation. P. Walde 1712¥ PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT Forth• Year Endod 31 Marth 2023 2022 In¢ome: Hall Hire Grants Interest Eamed Lottèry 35.376 26,773 5,174 29 1,033 33 36,437 31,981 Expendlture: Wages Water rates & rent Insurance Ll8ht & Heat Telephone Postage. printing & Stationery Repalrs & Renewals Cleanln8, gardèning and waste disposal Sundry Expenses Prèmises Expenses Accountancy 16,TlO 899 474 15,605 598 462 2,527 547 534 126 138 1.918 505 157 812 1,719 136 1,620 25.869 24,393 10,569 7,587 Renovatlons, FIx￿re5 & FStt1 Offlce Equipment Not¢•2 NEf PROFITIILOSSI 10,569 7,587 Notss". 'l- Sundry expenses includes the music licencè for the year. *2_ New tsbles and chairs purthased- c05t shown In sheeL BALANCE SHE At 31 Marth 2022 HXED ASSErs Tan8ible Assets 3.586 549 3,586 549 CURRENT A￿E Debtors Prepayments Current Account Savings Account Cash in Hand 3,149 2,893 67 21,022 8.164 20.029 83 31,410 24.065 CURRENf IlAblUTIES Atcrued Expenses Uncleared Cheques Qeditors 16 16 51 51 34.980 24,562 NET ASSETS 34.980 24,562 FINANCED BY: CAprrAL Accoumr 34O80 24.$62 Notes: - ind￿5 ccffiputerequipmentand tostof r*w tstrAesaThJ thairywrthased in tN5 finar￿4 year 2022n3. FOREST PARK COmMUN￿A$S0aATh0N FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST WIRCH 2023