## PARKLANDS COMMUNITY CENTRE Charity No.301489 Wymans Road Cheltenham GL52 5PR Bookings and Hire: 01242 245557 _____________________________________________________________________ Bookings and Hire: 01242 15 July 2021 ## **Chairman’s Report 1 October 2019 – 30 September 2020** It has been another turbulent year for the Charity. The management committee continues to deal with range of issues, unaddressed or created by past trustees. Adding to our difficulties; the Coronavirus pandemic is a major ongoing problem. Match-day parking fees abruptly fell to zero, because there were no games played at the adjacent Cheltenham Town Football Club (CTFC). The loss of trade, due to Covid-19, meant that we had to assist the bars & catering contractor, by charging no rent or greatly reducing it. Our predecessors built up the Charity’s funds, with an emergency reserve of £50,000. Previous trustees spent a great deal of money, including most of the emergency £50,000. Before this committee, the emergency fund was closed down and the residue transferred into the General Account. There had been no efforts by previous trustees to recover a sum in excess of £100,000 owed to the Charity by CTFC. This was in regard to pedestrian access across Parklands into the stadium’s Colin Farmer Stand; and for drainage rights through Parklands. CTFC’s debt to Parklands was widely covered in the local media. Trustees obtained an interim payment from CTFC in regard to the Club’s historic debt. A new licence, if any, has still not been agreed. These issues are taking a considerable amount of time and resources. We need to place the Charity back on a sound footing, but this dispute alone is impacting on the Centre’s ability to deliver community-led services. On 12 August 2019 a former trustee raised a spurious dispute with our Bank, in which it was claimed that the democratically-elected board were not bona fide trustees. The Bank immediately locked the account, which denied the Charity’s access to its funds. The Charity did not recover its funds until 27 July 2020, and a great deal of money and effort was expended to expunge the name of a former trustee from the Charity. This matter has yet to reach a conclusion, and grinds on in regard to the Charity’s next steps in the legal process. Our Charity holds the lease for Parklands Community Centre. Trustees, and our professional backers, had approached Cheltenham Borough Council in 2018. The group presented a planning proposal to develop the whole Parklands’ site. Both sides started to jointly, and amicably, explore the future use of the premises. The Council decided to go its own way with the venture, and unilaterally disengaged from us. At the end of this year, we have no idea what the Council would wish to achieve with this community asset. There was an inevitable consequence to the Council’s go-it-alone policy, because trustees feared that the whole site would end up being used for housing, and the Community Centre Asset lost forever. Our sister Charity (No.1180046) stepped in, to try and protect the council-owned Centre, and surrounding council-owned land. This is hopefully to be achieved by the successful nomination of the Centre as an Asset of Community vale (ACV). There is a need, amongst other things, to install new double-glazed uPVC windows in the Centre. Due to Covid-19, and the lack of financial resources, this refurbishment was not possible in this financial year. Alec Woodward **Chairman** INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF PARKLANDS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION Indopgndent ox*mln¢lts r•port to the tru8tees of Parkland¥ Communlty A88oclatlon I report lo the charity Iruslees on my èxamination of the accounts of ParklarKl$ Community ASs￿allOn Ilhe Charily for th& year ended 30 September 2020. Responslbllitigs and basts ol report As the charity Iruslees, you are responsible for the p￿paratiOn of the accounts in accordance wllh the requirem8nls of the Charities Act 20111.lhe ACVI. I report in respect of my examinallon of the Charity's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all applicabbe Directions glven by the Charty Commiss¥)n under section 145{5}Ibl of the Act. Ind•p&nd•nt exam1n￿l stalem•nt I have completed my examination. Save for the matter noted below, I confjrm that no material matters have come to my aliention in connoGlion with the èxamination giving me cause to belleve that in any material respect.. ac(xJunting records were not kepl in respect of the Charity as fequired by Sect￿ 130 of the Act.. or the accounts do not accord with those records- or ihe accounts do not comply with the applicable iequiremnb conceming the fomi and Gontent of accounts sel out in the Charities IAccounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any reqUi￿n￿nI that the accounts give a true and fair v¢ew which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no conorns and have come acr05s no other matters in Connect￿ the examination to which altention shoukl be drawn in thi5 report in order lo enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Matter noted.. We were not involved in the examinalton of the accounts to 30 September 2019 and are unable lo comment therefore on the comparative fvJures or the openln9 balances. Roger Downes FCA ICAEW Andorran Limited 6 Manor Park Business Contre Mackenzie Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL519TX 2W21 Date. .. Page 1 CHARITY COMMISSION ° FOR ENGIAND AND WALES Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period from Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds Restricted fund# Endowment fund8 Totsl lunds La81 yoar ¢0 th• n¢•r4•t£ tothe neamtÉ toth• nMreJt£ A1 Recei t￿nal￿)nS Renis. car Jcrf) 37,273 d far411 hirE J7.2n Chdtenttatn Borou h Couml- Cowd Grdnt 10.of 10.0 Sub total(Gross incom8 for AR) 47.573 47,573 18,614 A2 As$et and Invwdtment 8aF•s, Isee table). Sub total 47.$73 47,573 16,614 A3Pa ments Repaits and maintsn8n¢e Counul andwater rates Lighi and heat orexpenses Insuran Stauonery 9,411 I.￿5 17,96B 1,285 9&7 2,313 377 42(1 S.09Q 91 2,313 371 420 S,090 91 Le9al and prOle￿O￿al Sundry Sub total 20.161 Xl.161 17,9 A4 Asset and In¥e$thi•nt purchases, Isee tsblel Sub total Totalpayments 20,161 20,161 17,958 Net of receipts/(paymentsJ AS Transfers befv4e8n funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds thls year end 27,412 27,412 45.087 72.499 45,087 72A99 46.431 CCKX R1 aLrwrts ISSI 28107r2021 Section Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted funds lo n•arest£ Restricted fund8 to nearest E Endowrnei)t funds to neareJt£ Cate orl etsll 1 Cash funds Currnni eo,493 Total cash funds 60A93 la0￿? bknwith le￿lFIS ptymenis (%¥Jrrti•ii Unrestricted fund5 to n￿rnt£ Restrfcted Endowment fvnd8 to n••r•8t£ eta¢15 to no•rg8t £ ¢urTent valu 81 etails UnrO¥tyl¢iwd Colt IoFé*onill UnroBtrf¢t4d Furrfl CMt{QFllcffl•ll Curr•nt YAI 4 Assots retalned for the charlty's own use Freettokj wopwty 12.0 Unmbl¢tsd FUNI lJnount d on dut onal etails Aortual 6 Llablllties 600 Signed by one orhvo trustees on behalf of all the Irustees Date ol roval SYJnatUfe Print Narne MR A WOODWARD 2810712021 CCXX R2 4r£ouni81&81 28107r2021 INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF PARKLANDS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION Independent examinerfs report to the trustees of Parklands Communily Association I report lo the charity Iruslees on my examination of the accounts of Parklands Community Association (the Charity for the year ended 30 September 2020. Responslbllltles and basis of report As the charity Iruslees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements ol the Charities Act 20111'lhe Acl'l. I report in respect of my examination of the Charity's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145{5llbl of the Act. Independent examlner's statement I have completed my examination. Save for the matter noted below, I confirm that no material mallers have come lo my allenlion in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any maleiial respect.. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Charity as required by section 130 of the Act,. or the accounts do not accord with those records., or the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements Con￿rning the form and content of accounts sel 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 maller considered as part of an independent examination. I have no COn￿rnS and have come across no other mallers in connection with the examination lo which allenlion should be drawn in this report in ordef to enable a proper understanding of the accounts lo be reached. Matter noted.. We were not involved in the examination of the accounts lo 30 September 2019 and are unable to comment therefore on the comparative figures or the opening balances. Roger Downes FCA ICAEW Andorran Limited 6 Manor Park Business Centre Mackenzie Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL519TX Dale.. 2021 Page 1 |**Parklands Community Association**|**Parklands Community Association**||**301489**|| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||**CC16a**| |**For the period**
**from**|01/10/2019|**To**|30/09/2020|| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**300**
**37,273**
**10,000**
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**47,573**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**47,573**
**9,411**
**1,285**
**987**
**188**
**2,313**
**377**
**420**
**5,090**
**91**
**-**
**20,161**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**20,161**
**27,412**
**-**
**45,087**
**72,499**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**300**
**37,273**
**10,000**
**-**
**47,573**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**47,573**
**9,411**
**1,285**
**987**
**188**
**2,313**
**377**
**420**
**5,090**
**91**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**20,161**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**20,161**
**27,412**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Donations|**300**|||||**-**| |Rents,carpark and facilityhire|**37,273**|||||**16,614**| |Cheltenham Borough Council - Covid Grant|**10,000**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|

**47,573**|||||**16,614**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**16,614**| |||||||| |Repairs and maintenance|**9,411**|||||**17,958**| |Council and water rates|**1,285**|||||**-**| |Light and heat|**987**|||||**-**| |Motor expenses|**188**|||||**-**| |Insurance|**2,313**|||||**-**| |Stationery|**377**|||||**-**| |Donations|**420**|||||**-**| |Legal andprofessional fees|**5,090**|||||**-**| |Sundry|**91**|||||| |||||||| |||||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**20,161**|||||**17,958**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total payments_ **
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| |||||||**17,958**| |||||||| ||**27,412**|**-**|**-**|**27,412**||**- 1,344**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**45,087**|**-**|**-**|**45,087**||**46,431**| ||**72,499**|**-**|**-**|**72,499**||**45,087**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 28/07/2021 1 ## **Section � Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Cate�ories**
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**funds**
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