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2021-03-31-accounts

ANNUAL REPORT for the year ending 31 March 2021

Charity : Triangle Adventure Playground Association

Charity Registration Number: 303145

The game begins!

Objectives of the Association

The Triangle Adventure Playground Association was formed in 1957. The constitution states that it is the Association's purpose to service, fund and maintain the Triangle Adventure Playground for the benefit of young people between the ages of six and seventeen. The Association's primary aim is to provide a safe and secure environment in which all the young people of the community may develop personal and social skills through creative interaction in enjoyable play. Members of the Association believe that it is through such interaction and activities that young people establish active lifestyles; come to feel secure in themselves and in their ability to make full use of their education; achieve their maximum potential; develop fulfilling relationships with their peers; avoid being drawn into crime and involve themselves positively in the wider community.

The Association provides staff, structures, movable equipment, tools, and materials in a triangle of green space on the Ashmole estates in North Lambeth. The playground is heavily used by local children and young people who otherwise have no access to supervised, outdoor, natural play space within a built-up urban

Triangle Adventure Playground Association-encouraging community cohesion through play since 1957 Website: www.triangleadventureplayground.com. Twitter: @Triangle_APG Email: triangleapg@gmail.com

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environment. Young people who use the playground are encouraged by its staff to develop a sense of ownership of their playground and to experience 'active citizenship' in that they create and 'police' the playground's code of conduct and lead the development of the site through regular ‘Youth Forum’ meetings.

Triangle operates as an open-access playground. All young people aged 6-17 are welcome to come and go as they please. Children under 6 may attend but only if always supervised by an adult or responsible older sibling. The Association cannot take responsibility for children under 6. Access is free. Users are required to complete a registration form for health and safety reasons and to provide monitoring information for our funders.

Trustees go through this report at the AGM

Achievements and Performance

Laughs and shelter in the rain and a homemade swing

Small Charity - BIG Impact - A Triangle year to remember

March 20th, 2020, saw the Triangle Adventure Playground shut its gates as lockdown began and 63 years of uninterrupted play was put on pause. In the following twelve months our charity overcame unique challenges whilst firmly adhering to our core ethos - every child has the right to play.

Masks, site alterations, QR codes, PPE, tests, bubbles, temperature checks and more. It is difficult to discuss the Triangle and our year’s impact without mentioning all the above. We prefer to focus on the highlights but should make clear that behind the joy and play there has been extraordinary effort involved to keep all our young people, families and playworkers safe.

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Triangle Adventure Playground Association-encouraging community cohesion through play since 1957 Website: www.triangleadventureplayground.com. Twitter: @Triangle_APG Email: triangleapg@gmail.com

Triangle online featuring castles, gerbils, yo yo tricks, spiderman, gymnastics and more

The Triangle supported the hundreds of young people who rely on us by providing play by any means necessary when the pandemic struck. Over the two lockdowns we delivered more than 450 hours of online zoom play sessions, bringing together our Triangle community of young people and families for dress up discos, Nature Club, Chess Club, AT Family Fitness, arts and crafts and a whole lot more bonkers fun. Denied the right to play and stuck at home is no way for our children to develop. We ensured they saw friends, kept active, had an outlet to share any stress they were experiencing and even learnt new skills such as how to play chess. To assist the #stayathome fun, our small team of play workers and volunteers hand delivered two hundred play packs, including footballs; colouring pencils; whoopee cushions; activity sheets and toys galore along with twenty-three digital access packs (Samsung Tablets & WIFI). It was the perfect opportunity to check in on our young people and bring a much-welcomed gift.

3 Triangle Adventure Playground Association-encouraging community cohesion through play since 1957 Website: www.triangleadventureplayground.com. Twitter: @Triangle_APG Email: triangleapg@gmail.com

Play packs and tablets

Despite the limitations of bubbles and booking systems imposed on us, the Triangle was able to reopen from July 27th, 2020, all the way until the second lockdown began in January 2021. Since March 8th, 2021, we have been open again and have our fingers crossed for a return to full open access in the not-too-distant future. The desire to play, and the benefits of play, have never been more evident than now. The award-winning play, mental and physical freedom found at Triangle has been the perfect antidote to the loneliness, boredom, isolation and challenges our young people have faced. The tidal wave of joyful screams and intense activity as each of our daily bubbles returned were a sure-fire sign that the Triangle kids were glad to be back.

The Triangle was proud to be a joint winner of London Play Adventure Playground of the Year 2020 and to be shortlisted for the Children & Young People Now award 2020 for our response to the challenge of play in a pandemic. We were also very pleased to receive our Lambeth Made Charter Community Impact Award from Lambeth Council.

This year in particular has proven how important we are to our community. Not just a place to play, the Triangle is a place for our global Oval community to bond and come together. The trust built in us and each other has helped us share food supplies, give emotional support, and become a hub for the community during these extraordinary times. As we look ahead to a long, glorious summer of play, we’d like to thank our friends, supporters, funders, play workers and volunteers, and most importantly our Triangle kids and their families who for generations have made Triangle the magical place it is today.

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Triangle Adventure Playground Association-encouraging community cohesion through play since 1957 Website: www.triangleadventureplayground.com. Twitter: @Triangle_APG Email: triangleapg@gmail.com

Jim Clancey 2017

As we thank the Triangle community for coming together this year, we must make a special mention to two of the most special people in Triangle history. After a combined circa 50 years of exceptional service, Jim Clancey and Anne-Marie Martin have stepped down from their roles as Chair and Treasurer respectively. As an organisation and a community, we cannot thank them enough for their dedication over so many years. The impact they made and the legacy they leave is extraordinary. Under their stewardship the Triangle has overcome many challenges and cemented our reputation as a thriving adventure playground at the heart of the community it serves. It is not an exaggeration to say that the Triangle would likely not exist today without the immense contribution and effort made by Jim and Anne-Marie.

Jim has led the Triangle by example, a ferocious advocate of children’s right to play combined with a resolute compassion for young people and his Oval community. Anne-Marie joined Triangle a few years after Jim, but her impact is no less important. Under her prudent financial guidance, the Triangle has always remained on a safe and solid footing, despite tumultuous statutory funding changes over her time. Outside of their official roles Jim and Anne-Marie’s enthusiasm for the Triangle is what really stands out. Be it the hundreds of cakes Anne-Marie baked for our cake sales or Jim’s cheerful involvement in play sessions, the Triangle will forever be indebted to these two kind and wonderful people. The thousands of young people and generations of families who have benefited from their time at Triangle is evidence of an enduring and benevolent legacy. We look forward to welcoming Jim and Anne-Marie back to Triangle in 2022 to celebrate their achievements.

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Triangle Adventure Playground Association-encouraging community cohesion through play since 1957 Website: www.triangleadventureplayground.com. Twitter: @Triangle_APG Email: triangleapg@gmail.com

Statistics

This year due to COVID 19 we have had many closed site dates but were active online. The table below shows our site hours. We continued to provide a service to our youth throughout the year whether onsite or online.

Dates Site hours Notes
1/4/2020-26/7/2020 Closed due to
Covid
Online activities ran from
6/4/20
27/7/2020-28/8/2020 Summer Holiday 12.00-18.00 Open on site also runningonline
31/8/20-4/9/20 Staff Holiday
7/9/20-23/10/20 Autumn Term 15:30-18:00
26/10/20-30/10/20 Autumn ½ Term 12.00-18.00
2/11/20-18/12/20 Winter Term 15:30-18:00
21/12/20-23/12/20 Christmas Holidays 12.00-18.00
28/12/20-31/12/20 Staff Holiday
4/1/21-5/3/21 Closed due to
Covid
Online activities ran
8/3/21-31/3/21 SpringTerm 15:30-18:00

Any review of this year will inevitably be overshadowed by Covid 19 Onsite we delivered 109 sessions had 121 users and 4372 play hours Online we delivered 275 sessions had 180 users and 2925 play hours.

Trampoline tricks and Triangle Cafe role play

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Triangle Adventure Playground Association-encouraging community cohesion through play since 1957 Website: www.triangleadventureplayground.com. Twitter: @Triangle_APG Email: triangleapg@gmail.com

Triangle Adventure Playground Association-encouraging community cohesion through play since 1957 Website: www.triangleadventureplayground.com. Twitter: @Triangle_APG Email: triangleapg@gmail.com

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Play

can you spot the tree climber?

While the site was open, we continued to provide free play for the children. When the site was closed, we interacted with the children providing numerous online physical and creative activities.

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Triangle Adventure Playground Association-encouraging community cohesion through play since 1957 Website: www.triangleadventureplayground.com. Twitter: @Triangle_APG Email: triangleapg@gmail.com

badminton, dodgeball and more. Gymnastics on our astro turf and trampoline are other examples of the multitude of physical activities we offer in any session.

Our Bike Life project has just begun as we offer young people the chance to practice or learn to ride and basic bike maintenance skills led by our young adult playworker.

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Triangle Adventure Playground Association-encouraging community cohesion through play since 1957 Website: www.triangleadventureplayground.com. Twitter: @Triangle_APG Email: triangleapg@gmail.com

Campfire built, time to roast some marshmallows

Triangle Adventure Playground Association-encouraging community cohesion through play since 1957 Website: www.triangleadventureplayground.com. Twitter: @Triangle_APG Email: triangleapg@gmail.com

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Contributions from volunteers and funders.

Advent calendars and instructions not to eat them all at once!

Berkeley Charitable Foundation for making us one of their three charity partners until 2023, support during lockdown including a Oval Village billboard art competition, their staff for the 2.6 challenge fundraiser, our April Easter Egg delivery, food during the holidays, advent calendars and Triangle Christmas hats, and providing a skip and assistance to help with our spring clean.

City Bridge Trust for funding the Nature Club.

Mayor’s Fund for London Kitchen Social for funding the cost of our hot holiday lunches.

Peoples health trust for supporting the Eleven plus club.

Sports England for supporting the Active together program.

YLC Lambeth Early Intervention Prevention services for 2 years of support for the general playscheme and 11+ targeted intervention.

CAF charities aid foundation grant for help with both our remote service and return to play London Community Foundation for help with our remote service.

Lambeth Voluntary and community sector grant for help with tablets and WIFI boxes.

The FORE Trust for help with remote service, play packs and digital access packs.

St Walter St John’s educational charity for help with our summer holiday programme and camping week.

Triangle Adventure Playground Association-encouraging community cohesion through play since 1957 Website: www.triangleadventureplayground.com. Twitter: @Triangle_APG Email: triangleapg@gmail.com

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Walcot Foundation for help with our pandemic online play sessions and ‘play at home’ play packs CLIPS for contribution towards our deputy role. WCGL TFL grant towards our bike project. London Play for donating 100 of their play packs Fareshare for donating produce to our family foodbank

Card Factory for donating towards our Platform swing repairs.

Rahul Moodgal for his generous PPE donation and continued exceptional support Charlotte and Matthew Vaight for their generous long-term support AS&K Communications for selecting us as their chosen charity for the month of November 2020 Emma Jungling for holding a local street concert fundraiser

We would like to express our gratitude to all the individual supporters who have donated this year.

Financial Review

As at the end March 2021, cash at bank was £153,376.42.

The Association relies entirely on grants and fundraising. Our reserves policy requires that the level of reserves must be based on running costs for six months plus closure costs. Last year was quite unique. We had income in excess of £240,000. However, our expenditure also increased by 25%, driven by salaries, in order to deliver the remote service alongside the summer program.

Most of the excess income was driven by Covid related grants, of over £71,000. We were also successful in securing grants such as CLIPS and TFL walk & cycle. We had more income from Projects due to Sports England running for the full year, and HMRC due to the furloughing funds. Enterprise was obviously down due to Covid, and this can be an area of focus in the coming year.

We received £12,690 from 80 donors with regular recurring payments during the year. Additionally, we received several one-off donations totalling £4,028, as well as a single donor giving an incredibly generous £20,000 towards the playground.

We hold a reserve of six months running costs plus closure costs which comes to £100,000 A combination of multi-year projects focussing on nature as well as family fitness, alongside various grants though Lambeth council has secured the charity to continue over the next few years.

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Triangle Adventure Playground Association-encouraging community cohesion through play since 1957 Website: www.triangleadventureplayground.com. Twitter: @Triangle_APG Email: triangleapg@gmail.com

Structure, Governance and Management

The Association is registered as a charity with the Charity Commission and operates from The Triangle Adventure Playground, Ashmole Street, London SW8 1NE. Trustees and the management committee are elected at each Annual General Meeting (AGM) and hold office only until the following AGM. Trustees and Management Committee members may be elected between AGMs by the Management Committee if necessary and will then serve until the following AGM. Trustees and the Management Committee are required to retire from office at each AGM but may stand for re-election. All Trustees and Management Committee members are required to have a valid Disclosure and Barring certificate and are encouraged to attend appropriate training events that will facilitate the undertaking of their role.

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name: The Triangle Adventure Playground Association Registered charity number: 30145

Charity’s principal address: The Triangle Adventure Playground, Ashmole Street, London SW8 1NE

List of Trustees Veronika Tugendraich Garwolinski; Chair Alan Sutton; Vice Chair Juliet Hobday; Secretary Sarah Heath; Treasurer Kate Poulton.

Declarations

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Veronika Tugendraich Garwolinski Chair

Sarah Heath Treasurer

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Triangle Adventure Playground Association-encouraging community cohesion through play since 1957 Website: www.triangleadventureplayground.com. Twitter: @Triangle_APG Email: triangleapg@gmail.com

REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 303145

Report of the Trustees and

Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2021

for

Triangle Adventure Playground

Alton & Co Chartered Accountants 239-241 Kennington Lane London SE11 5QU

Triangle Adventure Playground

Contents of the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2021

Page
Report of the Trustees 1 to 6
Independent Examiner's Report 7
Statement of Financial Activities 8
Balance Sheet 9
Notes to the Financial Statements 10 to 17
Detailed Statement of Financial Activities 18 to 19

Triangle Adventure Playground

Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 March 2021

The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2021. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Objectives and aims

The Triangle Adventure Playground Association was formed in 1957. The constitution states that it is the Association's purpose to service, fund and maintain the Triangle Adventure Playground for the benefit of young people between the ages of six and seventeen. The Association's primary aim is to provide a safe and secure environment in which all the young people of the community may develop personal and social skills through creative interaction in enjoyable play. Members of the Association believe that it is through such interaction and activities that young people establish active lifestyles; come to feel secure in themselves and in their ability to make full use of their education; achieve their maximum potential; develop fulfilling relationships with their peers; avoid being drawn into crime and involve themselves positively in the wider community.

The Association provides staff, structures, movable equipment, tools, and materials in a triangle of green space on the Ashmole estates in North Lambeth. The playground is heavily used by local children and young people who otherwise have no access to supervised, outdoor, natural play space within a built-up urban environment. Young people who use the playground are encouraged by its staff to develop a sense of ownership of their playground and to experience 'active citizenship' in that they create and 'police' the playground's code of conduct and lead the development of the site through regular 'Youth Forum' meetings.

Triangle operates as an open-access playground. All young people aged 6-17 are welcome to come and go as they please. Children under 6 may attend but only if always supervised by an adult or responsible older sibling. The Association cannot take responsibility for children under 6. Access is free. Users are required to complete a registration form for health and safety reasons and to provide monitoring information for our funders.

As we thank the Triangle community for coming together this year, we must make a special mention to two of the most special people in Triangle history. After a combined circa 50 years of exceptional service, Jim Clancey and Anne-Marie Martin have stepped down from their roles as Chair and Treasurer respectively. As an organisation and a community, we cannot thank them enough for their dedication over so many years. The impact they made and the legacy they leave is extraordinary. Under their stewardship the Triangle has overcome many challenges and cemented our reputation as a thriving adventure playground at the heart of the community it serves. It is not an exaggeration to say that the Triangle would likely not exist today without the immense contribution and effort made by Jim and Anne-Marie.

Jim has led the Triangle by example, a ferocious advocate of children's right to play combined with a resolute compassion for young people and his Oval community. Anne-Marie joined Triangle a few years after Jim, but her impact is no less important. Under her prudent financial guidance, the Triangle has always remained on a safe and solid footing, despite tumultuous statutory funding changes over her time. Outside of their official roles Jim and Anne-Marie's enthusiasm for the Triangle is what really stands out. Be it the hundreds of cakes Anne-Marie baked for our cake sales or Jim's cheerful involvement in play sessions, the Triangle will forever be indebted to these two kind and wonderful people. The thousands of young people and generations of families who have benefited from their time at Triangle is evidence of an enduring and benevolent legacy. We look forward to welcoming Jim and Anne-Marie back to Triangle in 2022 to celebrate their achievements.

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Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 March 2021

ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE Charitable activities Small Charity - BIG Impact - A Triangle year to remember

March 20th, 2020, saw the Triangle Adventure Playground shut its gates as lockdown began and 63 years of uninterrupted play was put on pause. In the following twelve months our charity overcame unique challenges whilst firmly adhering to our core ethos - every child has the right to play.

Masks, site alterations, QR codes, PPE, tests, bubbles, temperature checks and more. It is difficult to discuss the Triangle and our year's impact without mentioning all the above. We prefer to focus on the highlights but should make clear that behind the joy and play there has been extraordinary effort involved to keep all our young people, families and playworkers safe.

The Triangle supported the hundreds of young people who rely on us by providing play by any means necessary when the pandemic struck. Over the two lockdowns we delivered more than 450 hours of online zoom play sessions, bringing together our Triangle community of young people and families for dress up discos, Nature Club, Chess Club, AT Family Fitness, arts and crafts and a whole lot more bonkers fun. Denied the right to play and stuck at home is no way for our children to develop. We ensured they saw friends, kept active, had an outlet to share any stress they were experiencing and even learnt new skills such as how to play chess. To assist the #stayathome fun, our small team of play workers and volunteers hand delivered two hundred play packs, including footballs; colouring pencils; whoopee cushions; activity sheets and toys galore along with twenty-three digital access packs (Samsung Tablets & WIFI). It was the perfect opportunity to check in on our young people and bring a much-welcomed gift.

Despite the limitations of bubbles and booking systems imposed on us, the Triangle was able to reopen from July 27th, 2020, all the way until the second lockdown began in January 2021. Since March 8th, 2021, we have been open again and have our fingers crossed for a return to full open access in the not-too-distant future.

The desire to play, and the benefits of play, have never been more evident than now. The award-winning play, mental and physical freedom found at Triangle has been the perfect antidote to the loneliness, boredom, isolation and challenges our young people have faced. The tidal wave of joyful screams and intense activity as each of our daily bubbles returned were a sure-fire sign that the Triangle kids were glad to be back.

The Triangle was proud to be a joint winner of London Play Adventure Playground of the Year 2020 and to be shortlisted for the Children & Young People Now award 2020 for our response to the challenge of play in a pandemic. We were also very pleased to receive our Lambeth Made Charter Community Impact Award from Lambeth Council.

This year in particular has proven how important we are to our community. Not just a place to play, the Triangle is a place for our global Oval community to bond and come together. The trust built in us and each other has helped us share food supplies, give emotional support, and become a hub for the community during these extraordinary times. As we look ahead to a long, glorious summer of play, we'd like to thank our friends,

supporters, funders, play workers and volunteers, and most importantly our Triangle kids and their families who for generations have made Triangle the magical place it is today.

This year due to COVID 19 we have had many closed site dates but were active online. The table below shows our site hours. We continued to provide a service to our youth throughout the year whether onsite or online.

Dates Site hours Notes

1/4/2020-26/7/2020 Closed due to Covid Online activities ran from 6/4/20

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27/7/2020-28/8/2020 Summer Holiday 12.00-18.00 Open on site also running online 31/8/20-4/9/20 Staff Holiday 7/9/20-23/10/20 Autumn Term 15:30-18:00 26/10/20-30/10/20 Autumn ½ Term 12.00-18.00 2/11/20-18/12/20 Winter Term 15:30-18:00 21/12/20-23/12/20 Christmas Holidays 12.00-18.00 28/12/20-31/12/20 Staff Holiday 4/1/21-5/3/21 Closed due to Covid Online activities ran 8/3/21-31/3/21 Spring Term 15:30-18:00

Any review of this year will inevitably be overshadowed by Covid 19 Onsite we delivered 109 sessions had 121 users and 4372 play hours Online we delivered 275 sessions had 180 users and 2925 play hours.

While the site was open, we continued to provide free play for the children. When the site was closed, we interacted with the children providing numerous online physical and creative activities.

Sport and Healthy Activity : Despite our small site we have always offered a wide range of physical activities that exercise both the need of an individual to test themselves and the need of a group to form alliances within a team. Alongside our giant swings and play structures and a plethora of trees for climbing, we run many active group games such as Family IT, sports on offer include football, badminton, dodgeball and more. Gymnastics on our astro turf and trampoline are other examples of the multitude of physical activities we offer in any session.

Our Bike Life project has just begun as we offer young people the chance to practice or learn to ride and basic bike maintenance skills led by our young adult playworker.

Outdoor Adventure Play - Camping, bushcraft and woodwork were at the forefront of play in Summer 2020. The Triangle is a unique and wild green space for the young people of Lambeth, many of whom live in cramped social housing and have no outdoor space to call their own. A chance to use proper tools, set up tents and canopies amo ngst our Triangle wildlife and build campfires brought fun and life skills to play.

Arts & Crafts - A staple of play at Triangle. Hama bead creations, drawings, paintings, and loose part sculpture are just some of the creative outlets for our young people. During lockdown many times our young people shared their artwork, and we also came together online to create imagery with digital art tools.

Free Play - A crucial part of mental health support and development is the free play we provide. Our supportive, encouraging, and playful environment means young people can partake in any imaginary or role play game they wish, enlisting playworkers to help create the world! This play helps young children work out problems and express themselves freely.

Cookery - lunch and snack time Due to COVID and food preparation restrictions we had to stop preparing food, but hot lunches were still provided for the young people by Berkeley Homes and Mayor's Fund for London Kitchen Social Hub. Special thanks to Chef Emiliano Bellio of Berkeley St Edward Oval Village for the Xmas lunches!

Holiday Schemes We managed to open over the summer holidays with relief staff while our permanent staff ran the online programme. A special acknowledgement must go to Sarah Grand and Jon Sellers for joining our staff team to help deliver a successful Summer holiday playscheme during the challenge of a global pandemic.

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Nature Club - Running a nature club during lockdowns is no easy task and so great credit must go to our project leader for creating an engaging, fun, and educational online nature club. Seeds sent in the post, growing competitions, camouflage challenges and some wild(life) arts and crafts online helped our young people improve their knowledge of nature through practical engagement and keep their mental health supported. Upon our return to site Nature Club set about a overgrown post lockdown allotment and garden along with regular campfires, an ever popular activity with the Triangle young people. A highlight of the year was our Nature Club featuring on BBC Radio 4 and the front page the of South London Press. special thanks to our young person G. aged 10 who was interviewed about why they love nature club.

Eleven Plus Club - As our Eleven Plus Club project came to an end after Covid had impacted its final year we were delighted to be offered the final funding for a legacy piece of equipment. The young people requested a skate ramp and thanks to the hard work of our playworker team and Vice Chair Alan Sutton it was built in just over a week. The ramp continues to prove a hit with the young people both for skateboarding and a wide variety of group games.

Active Together Family Fitness - Moving online so quickly and seeing families attend the online physical activity sessions was a highlight for our AT team, they managed to keep numbers relatively consistent, even bringing in new families from outside London. Activities throughout the year included Capoeira, football, boxing, karate, yoga and go karting. Post lockdown saw the return of our face-to-face sessions with added restrictions including numbers and social distancing. We adapted our sessions to these new regulations, keeping the fun encouraging energy that the families love about our sessions. A number of parents changed their attitude to physical activity over the 6 months post lockdown, taking up activities outside of our sessions and started to enjoy sport for the first time. The weekly family pedometer challenge proved a particular highlight and has c ontinued beyond each lockdown with many families taking part.

Volunteer to Playworker Scheme - This year we continued our efforts to employ young adults from the local community via our volunteer to playworker scheme. We are pleased to currently have two sessional playworkers who have graduated from this scheme and also played at Triangle in their childhood under the guidance of our Senior Playwork er.

Contributions from volunteers and funders.

Berkeley Charitable Foundation for making us one of their three charity partners until 2023, support during lockdown including a Oval Village billboard art competition, their staff for the 2.6 challenge fundraiser, our April Easter Egg delivery, food during the holidays, advent calendars and Triangle Christmas hats, and providing a skip and assistance to help with our spring clean.

City Bridge Trust for funding the Nature Club.

Mayor's Fund for London Kitchen Social for funding the cost of our hot holiday lunches. Peoples health trus t for supporting the Eleven plus club. Sports England for supporting the Active together program.

YLC Lambeth Early Intervention Prevention services for 2 years of support for the general playscheme and 11+ targeted intervention.

CAF charities aid foundation grant for help with both our remote service and return to play London Community Foundation for help with our remote service.

Lambeth Voluntary and community sector grant for help with tablets and WIFI boxes. The FORE Trust for help with remote service, play packs and digital access packs.

St Walter St John's educational charity for help with our summer holiday programme and camping week. Walcot Foundation for help with our pandemic online play sessions and 'play at home' play packs CLIPS for contribution towards our deputy role. WCGL TFL grant towards our bike project. London Play for donating 100 of their play packs Fareshare for donating produce to our family foodbank Card Factory for donating towards our Platform swing repairs.

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Rahul Moodgal for his generous PPE donation and continued exceptional support Charlotte and Matthew Vaight for their generous long-term support AS&K Communications for selecting us as their chosen charity for the month of November 2020 Emma Jungling for holding a local street concert fundraiser

We would like to express our gratitude to all the individual supporters who have donated this year.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Financial position

As at the end March 2021, cash at bank was £153,377.78.

The Association relies entirely on grants and fundraising. Our reserves policy requires that the level of reserves must be based on running costs for six months plus closure costs. Annual income finished at £248,835 for the year, an increase on the previous year. Most of the extra income was driven by Covid related grants, of over £71,000. However, our expenditure also increased by 25%, driven by salaries, to deliver the remote service alongside the summer program.

We were also successful in securing grants such as CLIPS and TFL walk & cycle. We had more income from Projects due to Sports England running for the full year, and HMRC due to the furloughing funds. Enterprise was obviously down due to Covid, and this can be an area of focus in the coming year.

We received £12,690 from 80 donors with regular recurring payments during the year. Additionally, we received several one-off donations totalling £4,028, as well as a single donor giving an incredibly generous £20,000 towards the playground.

We hold a reserve of six months running costs plus closure costs which comes to £100,000 A combination of multi-year projects focussing on nature as well as family fitness, alongside various grants though Lambeth council has secured the charity to continue over the next few years.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing document

The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust and constitutes an unincorporated charity.

The Association is registered as a charity with the Charity Commission and operates from The Triangle Adventure Playground, Ashmole Street, London SW8 1NE. Trustees and the management committee are elected at each Annual General Meeting (AGM) and hold office only until the following AGM. Trustees and Management Committee members may be elected between AGMs by the Management Committee if necessary and will then serve until the following AGM. Trustees and the Management Committee are required to retire from office at each AGM but may stand for re-election. All Trustees and Management Committee members are required to have a valid Disclosure and Barring certificate and are encouraged to attend appropriate training events that will facilitate the undertaking of their role.

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Charity number

303145

Principal address

Ashmole Street London S8 1NE

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Trustees

Ms V T Garwolinsk Chair Mr A Sutton Vice Chair Ms J Hobday Secretary Ms S Heath Treasurer Ms K Poulton Trustee

Independent Examiner

Mr A Kemal FCA FCCA Chartered Accountant Alton & Co Chartered Accountants 239-241 Kennington Lane London SE11 5QU

29/01/2022 Approved by order of the board of trustees on ............................................. and signed on its behalf by:

................................................................. Ms S Heath - Trustee

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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Triangle Adventure Playground

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Triangle Adventure Playground

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of Triangle Adventure Playground (the Trust) for the year ended 31 March 2021.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation 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 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or

  2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or

  3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set 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 matter considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Mr A Kemal FCA FCCA Chartered Accountant Alton & Co Chartered Accountants 239-241 Kennington Lane London SE11 5QU

Date: .............................................

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Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 March 2021

Unrestricted
fund
Notes
£
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and legacies
2
174,654
Investment income
3
41
Other income
4,000
Total
178,695
EXPENDITURE ON
Raising funds
4
6,056
Charitable activities
Eleven Plus Project (People's Health Trust)
-
Nature Club (City Bridge Trust)
-
Active Communities (Sport England)
-
Other
99,881
Total
105,937
NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)
72,758
Transfers between funds
10
3,572
Net movement in funds
76,330
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
58,450
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
134,780
Restricted
funds
£
70,141
-
-
70,141
-
5,404
19,141
40,886
-
65,431
4,710
(3,572)
1,138
17,380
18,518
2021
Total
funds
£
244,795
41
4,000
248,836
6,056
5,404
19,141
40,886
99,881
171,368
77,468
-
77,468
75,830
153,298
2020
Total
funds
£
121,509
145
3,000
124,654
768
24,123
15,964
46,078
40,253
127,186
(2,532)
-
(2,532)
78,362
75,830

The notes form part of these financial statements

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Triangle Adventure Playground

Balance Sheet 31 March 2021

Unrestricted
fund
Notes
£
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets
8
1,720
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash at bank
134,860
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year
9
(1,800)
NET CURRENT ASSETS
133,060
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES
134,780
NET ASSETS
134,780
FUNDS
10
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
TOTAL FUNDS
Restricted
funds
£
-
18,518
-
18,518
18,518
18,518
2021
Total
funds
£
1,720
153,378
(1,800)
151,578
153,298
153,298
134,780
18,518
153,298
2020
Total
funds
£
2,150
73,680
-
73,680
75,830
75,830
58,450
17,380
75,830

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 29/01/2022 ............................................. and were signed on its behalf by:

.............................................

Ms V T Garwolinsk - Trustee

............................................. Ms S Heath - Trustee

The notes form part of these financial statements

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Triangle Adventure Playground

Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2021

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements

The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Income

All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

Expenditure

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.

Tangible fixed assets

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.

Plant and machinery - 20% on reducing balance

Taxation

The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.

Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.

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Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the year ended 31 March 2021

2. DONATIONS AND LEGACIES

DONATIONS AND LEGACIES
Receipts from services
Donations
Grants
Grants received, included in the above, are as follows:
The FORE Trust
St Walter St John's Educational Charity
London Play
Fareshare
TFL Walking & Cycling Grant
London Kitchen Social
London Funders Covid
Lambeth Voluntary and Community Sector Grant
CAF Charities Aid Foundation Grant
CLIPS
Berkeley Charitable Foundation
YLC Lambeth Early Intervention Prevention Services
YLC Summer Activities Programme
CAF Covid
Covid Grant (SBR)
City Bridge Trust Covid
People's Health Trust
City Bridge Trust
Sport England Active Communities
CJRS (Furlough Grant)
Neighbourly Micro Grant
Hilden Charitable Trust
Trust for London
Lambeth Community Fund
Other grants
2021
£
738
48,628
195,429
244,795
2021
£
4,199
1,500
1,492
2,000
4,644
7,012
10,000
6,096
18,907
3,735
10,000
16,000
2,804
5,800
18,097
4,228
7,949
20,279
41,914
8,373
400
-
-
-
-
195,429
2020
£
4,819
25,366
91,324
121,509
2020
£
-
1,500
660
-
-
1,500
-
-
-
-
-
15,500
2,907
-
-
-
7,000
19,676
23,754
-
-
1,000
7,500
9,027
1,300
91,324

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Triangle Adventure Playground

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the year ended 31 March 2021

3. INVESTMENT INCOME

3.
INVESTMENT INCOME
Deposit account interest
4.
RAISING FUNDS
Raising donations and legacies
Support costs
5.
TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS
2021
£
41
2021
£
6,056
2020
£
145
2020
£
768

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 March 2021 nor for the year ended 31 March 2020.

Trustees' expenses

There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 March 2021 nor for the year ended 31 March 2020.

6. STAFF COSTS

Wages and salaries
The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:
Payroll staff
2021
£
134,891
134,891
2021
9
2020
£
118,212
118,212
2020
9

No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.

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Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the year ended 31 March 2021

7.
COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
Unrestricted
Restricted
fund
funds
£
£
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and legacies
62,050
59,459
Investment income
145
-
Other income
3,000
-
Total
65,195
59,459
EXPENDITURE ON
Raising funds
672
96
Charitable activities
Eleven Plus Project (People's Health
Trust)
-
24,123
Nature Club (City Bridge Trust)
-
15,964
Active Communities (Sport England)
-
46,078
Other
40,253
-
Total
40,925
86,261
NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)
24,270
(26,802)
Transfers between funds
(14,637)
14,637
Net movement in funds
9,633
(12,165)
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
48,817
29,545
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED
FORWARD
58,450
17,380
Total
funds
£
121,509
145
3,000
124,654
768
24,123
15,964
46,078
40,253
127,186
(2,532)
-
(2,532)
78,362
75,830

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Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the year ended 31 March 2021

8. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

8. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Plant and
machinery
£
COST
At 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021 2,150
DEPRECIATION
Charge for year 430
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2021 1,720
At 31 March 2020 2,150
9. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2021 2020
£ £
Other creditors 1,800 -
10. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
Net Transfers
movement between At
At 1/4/20 in funds funds 31/3/21
£ £ £ £
Unrestricted funds
General fund 58,450 72,758 3,572 134,780
Restricted funds
Lambeth Community Fund 9,027 - - 9,027
People's Health Trust - 2,544 (2,544) -
City Bridge Trust 8,353 1,138 - 9,491
Sport England Active Communities - 1,028 (1,028) -
17,380 4,710 (3,572) 18,518
TOTAL FUNDS 75,830 77,468 - 153,298

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Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the year ended 31 March 2021

10. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Unrestricted funds
General fund
Restricted funds
People's Health Trust
City Bridge Trust
Sport England Active Communities
TOTAL FUNDS
Incoming
resources
£
178,695
7,948
20,279
41,914
70,141
248,836
Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(105,937)
72,758
(5,404)
2,544
(19,141)
1,138
(40,886)
1,028
(65,431)
4,710
(171,368)
77,468

Comparatives for movement in funds

Net
Transfers
movement
between
At 1/4/19
in funds
funds
£
£
£
Unrestricted funds
General fund
48,817
24,270
(14,637)
Restricted funds
Lambeth Community Fund
-
9,027
-
People's Health Trust
9,879
(17,123)
7,244
City Bridge Trust
4,736
3,617
-
Sport England Active Communities
14,930
(22,323)
7,393
29,545
(26,802)
14,637
TOTAL FUNDS
78,362
(2,532)
-
At
31/3/20
£
58,450
9,027
-
8,353
-
17,380
75,830

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10. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Unrestricted funds
General fund
Restricted funds
Lambeth Community Fund
People's Health Trust
City Bridge Trust
Sport England Active Communities
TOTAL FUNDS
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined
At 1/4/19
£
Unrestricted funds
General fund
48,817
Restricted funds
Lambeth Community Fund
-
People's Health Trust
9,879
City Bridge Trust
4,736
Sport England Active Communities
14,930
29,545
TOTAL FUNDS
78,362
Incoming
Resources
Movement
resources
expended
in funds
£
£
£
65,195
(40,925)
24,270
9,027
-
9,027
7,000
(24,123)
(17,123)
19,677
(16,060)
3,617
23,755
(46,078)
(22,323)
59,459
(86,261)
(26,802)
124,654
(127,186)
(2,532)
position is as follows:
Net
Transfers
movement
between
At
in funds
funds
31/3/21
£
£
£
97,028
(11,065)
134,780
9,027
-
9,027
(14,579)
4,700
-
4,755
-
9,491
(21,295)
6,365
-
(22,092)
11,065
18,518
74,936
-
153,298

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10. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Unrestricted funds
General fund
Restricted funds
Lambeth Community Fund
People's Health Trust
City Bridge Trust
Sport England Active Communities
TOTAL FUNDS
Incoming
resources
£
243,890
9,027
14,948
39,956
65,669
129,600
373,490
Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(146,862)
97,028
-
9,027
(29,527)
(14,579)
(35,201)
4,755
(86,964)
(21,295)
(151,692)
(22,092)
(298,554)
74,936

11. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 March 2021.

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Triangle Adventure Playground

Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 March 2021

INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS
Donations and legacies
Receipts from services
Donations
Grants
Investment income
Deposit account interest
Other income
Employment allowance
Total incoming resources
EXPENDITURE
Support costs
Management
Wages
Rates and water
Insurance
Telephone
Subcontractor
Volunteer expense
Training
Repair and maintenance
Activity expenses
Fundraising costs
Payroll & pension admin
Recruitment
Remote services
Finance
Bank charges
Plant and machinery
2021
£
738
48,628
195,429
244,795
41
4,000
248,836
134,891
214
1,207
598
1,498
-
344
11,526
7,414
1,461
734
-
9,199
169,086
52
430
482
2020
£
4,819
25,366
91,324
121,509
145
3,000
124,654
118,212
110
836
-
-
85
200
4,821
1,140
768
727
287
-
127,186
-
-
-

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Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 March 2021

Finance
Governance costs
Accountancy fee
Total resources expended
Net income/(expenditure)
2021
£
1,800
171,368
77,468
2020
£
-
127,186
(2,532)

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REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 303145

Report of the Trustees and

Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2021

for

Triangle Adventure Playground

Alton & Co Chartered Accountants 239-241 Kennington Lane London SE11 5QU

Triangle Adventure Playground

Contents of the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2021

Page
Report of the Trustees 1 to 6
Independent Examiner's Report 7
Statement of Financial Activities 8
Balance Sheet 9
Notes to the Financial Statements 10 to 17
Detailed Statement of Financial Activities 18 to 19

Triangle Adventure Playground

Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 March 2021

The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2021. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Objectives and aims

The Triangle Adventure Playground Association was formed in 1957. The constitution states that it is the Association's purpose to service, fund and maintain the Triangle Adventure Playground for the benefit of young people between the ages of six and seventeen. The Association's primary aim is to provide a safe and secure environment in which all the young people of the community may develop personal and social skills through creative interaction in enjoyable play. Members of the Association believe that it is through such interaction and activities that young people establish active lifestyles; come to feel secure in themselves and in their ability to make full use of their education; achieve their maximum potential; develop fulfilling relationships with their peers; avoid being drawn into crime and involve themselves positively in the wider community.

The Association provides staff, structures, movable equipment, tools, and materials in a triangle of green space on the Ashmole estates in North Lambeth. The playground is heavily used by local children and young people who otherwise have no access to supervised, outdoor, natural play space within a built-up urban environment. Young people who use the playground are encouraged by its staff to develop a sense of ownership of their playground and to experience 'active citizenship' in that they create and 'police' the playground's code of conduct and lead the development of the site through regular 'Youth Forum' meetings.

Triangle operates as an open-access playground. All young people aged 6-17 are welcome to come and go as they please. Children under 6 may attend but only if always supervised by an adult or responsible older sibling. The Association cannot take responsibility for children under 6. Access is free. Users are required to complete a registration form for health and safety reasons and to provide monitoring information for our funders.

As we thank the Triangle community for coming together this year, we must make a special mention to two of the most special people in Triangle history. After a combined circa 50 years of exceptional service, Jim Clancey and Anne-Marie Martin have stepped down from their roles as Chair and Treasurer respectively. As an organisation and a community, we cannot thank them enough for their dedication over so many years. The impact they made and the legacy they leave is extraordinary. Under their stewardship the Triangle has overcome many challenges and cemented our reputation as a thriving adventure playground at the heart of the community it serves. It is not an exaggeration to say that the Triangle would likely not exist today without the immense contribution and effort made by Jim and Anne-Marie.

Jim has led the Triangle by example, a ferocious advocate of children's right to play combined with a resolute compassion for young people and his Oval community. Anne-Marie joined Triangle a few years after Jim, but her impact is no less important. Under her prudent financial guidance, the Triangle has always remained on a safe and solid footing, despite tumultuous statutory funding changes over her time. Outside of their official roles Jim and Anne-Marie's enthusiasm for the Triangle is what really stands out. Be it the hundreds of cakes Anne-Marie baked for our cake sales or Jim's cheerful involvement in play sessions, the Triangle will forever be indebted to these two kind and wonderful people. The thousands of young people and generations of families who have benefited from their time at Triangle is evidence of an enduring and benevolent legacy. We look forward to welcoming Jim and Anne-Marie back to Triangle in 2022 to celebrate their achievements.

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ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE Charitable activities Small Charity - BIG Impact - A Triangle year to remember

March 20th, 2020, saw the Triangle Adventure Playground shut its gates as lockdown began and 63 years of uninterrupted play was put on pause. In the following twelve months our charity overcame unique challenges whilst firmly adhering to our core ethos - every child has the right to play.

Masks, site alterations, QR codes, PPE, tests, bubbles, temperature checks and more. It is difficult to discuss the Triangle and our year's impact without mentioning all the above. We prefer to focus on the highlights but should make clear that behind the joy and play there has been extraordinary effort involved to keep all our young people, families and playworkers safe.

The Triangle supported the hundreds of young people who rely on us by providing play by any means necessary when the pandemic struck. Over the two lockdowns we delivered more than 450 hours of online zoom play sessions, bringing together our Triangle community of young people and families for dress up discos, Nature Club, Chess Club, AT Family Fitness, arts and crafts and a whole lot more bonkers fun. Denied the right to play and stuck at home is no way for our children to develop. We ensured they saw friends, kept active, had an outlet to share any stress they were experiencing and even learnt new skills such as how to play chess. To assist the #stayathome fun, our small team of play workers and volunteers hand delivered two hundred play packs, including footballs; colouring pencils; whoopee cushions; activity sheets and toys galore along with twenty-three digital access packs (Samsung Tablets & WIFI). It was the perfect opportunity to check in on our young people and bring a much-welcomed gift.

Despite the limitations of bubbles and booking systems imposed on us, the Triangle was able to reopen from July 27th, 2020, all the way until the second lockdown began in January 2021. Since March 8th, 2021, we have been open again and have our fingers crossed for a return to full open access in the not-too-distant future.

The desire to play, and the benefits of play, have never been more evident than now. The award-winning play, mental and physical freedom found at Triangle has been the perfect antidote to the loneliness, boredom, isolation and challenges our young people have faced. The tidal wave of joyful screams and intense activity as each of our daily bubbles returned were a sure-fire sign that the Triangle kids were glad to be back.

The Triangle was proud to be a joint winner of London Play Adventure Playground of the Year 2020 and to be shortlisted for the Children & Young People Now award 2020 for our response to the challenge of play in a pandemic. We were also very pleased to receive our Lambeth Made Charter Community Impact Award from Lambeth Council.

This year in particular has proven how important we are to our community. Not just a place to play, the Triangle is a place for our global Oval community to bond and come together. The trust built in us and each other has helped us share food supplies, give emotional support, and become a hub for the community during these extraordinary times. As we look ahead to a long, glorious summer of play, we'd like to thank our friends,

supporters, funders, play workers and volunteers, and most importantly our Triangle kids and their families who for generations have made Triangle the magical place it is today.

This year due to COVID 19 we have had many closed site dates but were active online. The table below shows our site hours. We continued to provide a service to our youth throughout the year whether onsite or online.

Dates Site hours Notes

1/4/2020-26/7/2020 Closed due to Covid Online activities ran from 6/4/20

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27/7/2020-28/8/2020 Summer Holiday 12.00-18.00 Open on site also running online 31/8/20-4/9/20 Staff Holiday 7/9/20-23/10/20 Autumn Term 15:30-18:00 26/10/20-30/10/20 Autumn ½ Term 12.00-18.00 2/11/20-18/12/20 Winter Term 15:30-18:00 21/12/20-23/12/20 Christmas Holidays 12.00-18.00 28/12/20-31/12/20 Staff Holiday 4/1/21-5/3/21 Closed due to Covid Online activities ran 8/3/21-31/3/21 Spring Term 15:30-18:00

Any review of this year will inevitably be overshadowed by Covid 19 Onsite we delivered 109 sessions had 121 users and 4372 play hours Online we delivered 275 sessions had 180 users and 2925 play hours.

While the site was open, we continued to provide free play for the children. When the site was closed, we interacted with the children providing numerous online physical and creative activities.

Sport and Healthy Activity : Despite our small site we have always offered a wide range of physical activities that exercise both the need of an individual to test themselves and the need of a group to form alliances within a team. Alongside our giant swings and play structures and a plethora of trees for climbing, we run many active group games such as Family IT, sports on offer include football, badminton, dodgeball and more. Gymnastics on our astro turf and trampoline are other examples of the multitude of physical activities we offer in any session.

Our Bike Life project has just begun as we offer young people the chance to practice or learn to ride and basic bike maintenance skills led by our young adult playworker.

Outdoor Adventure Play - Camping, bushcraft and woodwork were at the forefront of play in Summer 2020. The Triangle is a unique and wild green space for the young people of Lambeth, many of whom live in cramped social housing and have no outdoor space to call their own. A chance to use proper tools, set up tents and canopies amo ngst our Triangle wildlife and build campfires brought fun and life skills to play.

Arts & Crafts - A staple of play at Triangle. Hama bead creations, drawings, paintings, and loose part sculpture are just some of the creative outlets for our young people. During lockdown many times our young people shared their artwork, and we also came together online to create imagery with digital art tools.

Free Play - A crucial part of mental health support and development is the free play we provide. Our supportive, encouraging, and playful environment means young people can partake in any imaginary or role play game they wish, enlisting playworkers to help create the world! This play helps young children work out problems and express themselves freely.

Cookery - lunch and snack time Due to COVID and food preparation restrictions we had to stop preparing food, but hot lunches were still provided for the young people by Berkeley Homes and Mayor's Fund for London Kitchen Social Hub. Special thanks to Chef Emiliano Bellio of Berkeley St Edward Oval Village for the Xmas lunches!

Holiday Schemes We managed to open over the summer holidays with relief staff while our permanent staff ran the online programme. A special acknowledgement must go to Sarah Grand and Jon Sellers for joining our staff team to help deliver a successful Summer holiday playscheme during the challenge of a global pandemic.

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Nature Club - Running a nature club during lockdowns is no easy task and so great credit must go to our project leader for creating an engaging, fun, and educational online nature club. Seeds sent in the post, growing competitions, camouflage challenges and some wild(life) arts and crafts online helped our young people improve their knowledge of nature through practical engagement and keep their mental health supported. Upon our return to site Nature Club set about a overgrown post lockdown allotment and garden along with regular campfires, an ever popular activity with the Triangle young people. A highlight of the year was our Nature Club featuring on BBC Radio 4 and the front page the of South London Press. special thanks to our young person G. aged 10 who was interviewed about why they love nature club.

Eleven Plus Club - As our Eleven Plus Club project came to an end after Covid had impacted its final year we were delighted to be offered the final funding for a legacy piece of equipment. The young people requested a skate ramp and thanks to the hard work of our playworker team and Vice Chair Alan Sutton it was built in just over a week. The ramp continues to prove a hit with the young people both for skateboarding and a wide variety of group games.

Active Together Family Fitness - Moving online so quickly and seeing families attend the online physical activity sessions was a highlight for our AT team, they managed to keep numbers relatively consistent, even bringing in new families from outside London. Activities throughout the year included Capoeira, football, boxing, karate, yoga and go karting. Post lockdown saw the return of our face-to-face sessions with added restrictions including numbers and social distancing. We adapted our sessions to these new regulations, keeping the fun encouraging energy that the families love about our sessions. A number of parents changed their attitude to physical activity over the 6 months post lockdown, taking up activities outside of our sessions and started to enjoy sport for the first time. The weekly family pedometer challenge proved a particular highlight and has c ontinued beyond each lockdown with many families taking part.

Volunteer to Playworker Scheme - This year we continued our efforts to employ young adults from the local community via our volunteer to playworker scheme. We are pleased to currently have two sessional playworkers who have graduated from this scheme and also played at Triangle in their childhood under the guidance of our Senior Playwork er.

Contributions from volunteers and funders.

Berkeley Charitable Foundation for making us one of their three charity partners until 2023, support during lockdown including a Oval Village billboard art competition, their staff for the 2.6 challenge fundraiser, our April Easter Egg delivery, food during the holidays, advent calendars and Triangle Christmas hats, and providing a skip and assistance to help with our spring clean.

City Bridge Trust for funding the Nature Club.

Mayor's Fund for London Kitchen Social for funding the cost of our hot holiday lunches. Peoples health trus t for supporting the Eleven plus club. Sports England for supporting the Active together program.

YLC Lambeth Early Intervention Prevention services for 2 years of support for the general playscheme and 11+ targeted intervention.

CAF charities aid foundation grant for help with both our remote service and return to play London Community Foundation for help with our remote service.

Lambeth Voluntary and community sector grant for help with tablets and WIFI boxes. The FORE Trust for help with remote service, play packs and digital access packs.

St Walter St John's educational charity for help with our summer holiday programme and camping week. Walcot Foundation for help with our pandemic online play sessions and 'play at home' play packs CLIPS for contribution towards our deputy role. WCGL TFL grant towards our bike project. London Play for donating 100 of their play packs Fareshare for donating produce to our family foodbank Card Factory for donating towards our Platform swing repairs.

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Rahul Moodgal for his generous PPE donation and continued exceptional support Charlotte and Matthew Vaight for their generous long-term support AS&K Communications for selecting us as their chosen charity for the month of November 2020 Emma Jungling for holding a local street concert fundraiser

We would like to express our gratitude to all the individual supporters who have donated this year.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Financial position

As at the end March 2021, cash at bank was £153,377.78.

The Association relies entirely on grants and fundraising. Our reserves policy requires that the level of reserves must be based on running costs for six months plus closure costs. Annual income finished at £248,835 for the year, an increase on the previous year. Most of the extra income was driven by Covid related grants, of over £71,000. However, our expenditure also increased by 25%, driven by salaries, to deliver the remote service alongside the summer program.

We were also successful in securing grants such as CLIPS and TFL walk & cycle. We had more income from Projects due to Sports England running for the full year, and HMRC due to the furloughing funds. Enterprise was obviously down due to Covid, and this can be an area of focus in the coming year.

We received £12,690 from 80 donors with regular recurring payments during the year. Additionally, we received several one-off donations totalling £4,028, as well as a single donor giving an incredibly generous £20,000 towards the playground.

We hold a reserve of six months running costs plus closure costs which comes to £100,000 A combination of multi-year projects focussing on nature as well as family fitness, alongside various grants though Lambeth council has secured the charity to continue over the next few years.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing document

The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust and constitutes an unincorporated charity.

The Association is registered as a charity with the Charity Commission and operates from The Triangle Adventure Playground, Ashmole Street, London SW8 1NE. Trustees and the management committee are elected at each Annual General Meeting (AGM) and hold office only until the following AGM. Trustees and Management Committee members may be elected between AGMs by the Management Committee if necessary and will then serve until the following AGM. Trustees and the Management Committee are required to retire from office at each AGM but may stand for re-election. All Trustees and Management Committee members are required to have a valid Disclosure and Barring certificate and are encouraged to attend appropriate training events that will facilitate the undertaking of their role.

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Charity number

303145

Principal address

Ashmole Street London S8 1NE

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Trustees

Ms V T Garwolinsk Chair Mr A Sutton Vice Chair Ms J Hobday Secretary Ms S Heath Treasurer Ms K Poulton Trustee

Independent Examiner

Mr A Kemal FCA FCCA Chartered Accountant Alton & Co Chartered Accountants 239-241 Kennington Lane London SE11 5QU

29/01/2022 Approved by order of the board of trustees on ............................................. and signed on its behalf by:

................................................................. Ms S Heath - Trustee

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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Triangle Adventure Playground

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Triangle Adventure Playground

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of Triangle Adventure Playground (the Trust) for the year ended 31 March 2021.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation 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 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or

  2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or

  3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set 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 matter considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Mr A Kemal FCA FCCA Chartered Accountant Alton & Co Chartered Accountants 239-241 Kennington Lane London SE11 5QU

Date: .............................................

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Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 March 2021

Unrestricted
fund
Notes
£
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and legacies
2
174,654
Investment income
3
41
Other income
4,000
Total
178,695
EXPENDITURE ON
Raising funds
4
6,056
Charitable activities
Eleven Plus Project (People's Health Trust)
-
Nature Club (City Bridge Trust)
-
Active Communities (Sport England)
-
Other
99,881
Total
105,937
NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)
72,758
Transfers between funds
10
3,572
Net movement in funds
76,330
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
58,450
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
134,780
Restricted
funds
£
70,141
-
-
70,141
-
5,404
19,141
40,886
-
65,431
4,710
(3,572)
1,138
17,380
18,518
2021
Total
funds
£
244,795
41
4,000
248,836
6,056
5,404
19,141
40,886
99,881
171,368
77,468
-
77,468
75,830
153,298
2020
Total
funds
£
121,509
145
3,000
124,654
768
24,123
15,964
46,078
40,253
127,186
(2,532)
-
(2,532)
78,362
75,830

The notes form part of these financial statements

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Balance Sheet 31 March 2021

Unrestricted
fund
Notes
£
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets
8
1,720
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash at bank
134,860
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year
9
(1,800)
NET CURRENT ASSETS
133,060
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES
134,780
NET ASSETS
134,780
FUNDS
10
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
TOTAL FUNDS
Restricted
funds
£
-
18,518
-
18,518
18,518
18,518
2021
Total
funds
£
1,720
153,378
(1,800)
151,578
153,298
153,298
134,780
18,518
153,298
2020
Total
funds
£
2,150
73,680
-
73,680
75,830
75,830
58,450
17,380
75,830

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 29/01/2022 ............................................. and were signed on its behalf by:

.............................................

Ms V T Garwolinsk - Trustee

............................................. Ms S Heath - Trustee

The notes form part of these financial statements

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Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2021

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements

The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Income

All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

Expenditure

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.

Tangible fixed assets

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.

Plant and machinery - 20% on reducing balance

Taxation

The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.

Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.

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2. DONATIONS AND LEGACIES

DONATIONS AND LEGACIES
Receipts from services
Donations
Grants
Grants received, included in the above, are as follows:
The FORE Trust
St Walter St John's Educational Charity
London Play
Fareshare
TFL Walking & Cycling Grant
London Kitchen Social
London Funders Covid
Lambeth Voluntary and Community Sector Grant
CAF Charities Aid Foundation Grant
CLIPS
Berkeley Charitable Foundation
YLC Lambeth Early Intervention Prevention Services
YLC Summer Activities Programme
CAF Covid
Covid Grant (SBR)
City Bridge Trust Covid
People's Health Trust
City Bridge Trust
Sport England Active Communities
CJRS (Furlough Grant)
Neighbourly Micro Grant
Hilden Charitable Trust
Trust for London
Lambeth Community Fund
Other grants
2021
£
738
48,628
195,429
244,795
2021
£
4,199
1,500
1,492
2,000
4,644
7,012
10,000
6,096
18,907
3,735
10,000
16,000
2,804
5,800
18,097
4,228
7,949
20,279
41,914
8,373
400
-
-
-
-
195,429
2020
£
4,819
25,366
91,324
121,509
2020
£
-
1,500
660
-
-
1,500
-
-
-
-
-
15,500
2,907
-
-
-
7,000
19,676
23,754
-
-
1,000
7,500
9,027
1,300
91,324

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3. INVESTMENT INCOME

3.
INVESTMENT INCOME
Deposit account interest
4.
RAISING FUNDS
Raising donations and legacies
Support costs
5.
TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS
2021
£
41
2021
£
6,056
2020
£
145
2020
£
768

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 March 2021 nor for the year ended 31 March 2020.

Trustees' expenses

There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 March 2021 nor for the year ended 31 March 2020.

6. STAFF COSTS

Wages and salaries
The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:
Payroll staff
2021
£
134,891
134,891
2021
9
2020
£
118,212
118,212
2020
9

No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.

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7.
COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
Unrestricted
Restricted
fund
funds
£
£
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and legacies
62,050
59,459
Investment income
145
-
Other income
3,000
-
Total
65,195
59,459
EXPENDITURE ON
Raising funds
672
96
Charitable activities
Eleven Plus Project (People's Health
Trust)
-
24,123
Nature Club (City Bridge Trust)
-
15,964
Active Communities (Sport England)
-
46,078
Other
40,253
-
Total
40,925
86,261
NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)
24,270
(26,802)
Transfers between funds
(14,637)
14,637
Net movement in funds
9,633
(12,165)
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
48,817
29,545
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED
FORWARD
58,450
17,380
Total
funds
£
121,509
145
3,000
124,654
768
24,123
15,964
46,078
40,253
127,186
(2,532)
-
(2,532)
78,362
75,830

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8. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

8. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Plant and
machinery
£
COST
At 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021 2,150
DEPRECIATION
Charge for year 430
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2021 1,720
At 31 March 2020 2,150
9. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2021 2020
£ £
Other creditors 1,800 -
10. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
Net Transfers
movement between At
At 1/4/20 in funds funds 31/3/21
£ £ £ £
Unrestricted funds
General fund 58,450 72,758 3,572 134,780
Restricted funds
Lambeth Community Fund 9,027 - - 9,027
People's Health Trust - 2,544 (2,544) -
City Bridge Trust 8,353 1,138 - 9,491
Sport England Active Communities - 1,028 (1,028) -
17,380 4,710 (3,572) 18,518
TOTAL FUNDS 75,830 77,468 - 153,298

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10. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Unrestricted funds
General fund
Restricted funds
People's Health Trust
City Bridge Trust
Sport England Active Communities
TOTAL FUNDS
Incoming
resources
£
178,695
7,948
20,279
41,914
70,141
248,836
Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(105,937)
72,758
(5,404)
2,544
(19,141)
1,138
(40,886)
1,028
(65,431)
4,710
(171,368)
77,468

Comparatives for movement in funds

Net
Transfers
movement
between
At 1/4/19
in funds
funds
£
£
£
Unrestricted funds
General fund
48,817
24,270
(14,637)
Restricted funds
Lambeth Community Fund
-
9,027
-
People's Health Trust
9,879
(17,123)
7,244
City Bridge Trust
4,736
3,617
-
Sport England Active Communities
14,930
(22,323)
7,393
29,545
(26,802)
14,637
TOTAL FUNDS
78,362
(2,532)
-
At
31/3/20
£
58,450
9,027
-
8,353
-
17,380
75,830

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10. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Unrestricted funds
General fund
Restricted funds
Lambeth Community Fund
People's Health Trust
City Bridge Trust
Sport England Active Communities
TOTAL FUNDS
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined
At 1/4/19
£
Unrestricted funds
General fund
48,817
Restricted funds
Lambeth Community Fund
-
People's Health Trust
9,879
City Bridge Trust
4,736
Sport England Active Communities
14,930
29,545
TOTAL FUNDS
78,362
Incoming
Resources
Movement
resources
expended
in funds
£
£
£
65,195
(40,925)
24,270
9,027
-
9,027
7,000
(24,123)
(17,123)
19,677
(16,060)
3,617
23,755
(46,078)
(22,323)
59,459
(86,261)
(26,802)
124,654
(127,186)
(2,532)
position is as follows:
Net
Transfers
movement
between
At
in funds
funds
31/3/21
£
£
£
97,028
(11,065)
134,780
9,027
-
9,027
(14,579)
4,700
-
4,755
-
9,491
(21,295)
6,365
-
(22,092)
11,065
18,518
74,936
-
153,298

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10. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Unrestricted funds
General fund
Restricted funds
Lambeth Community Fund
People's Health Trust
City Bridge Trust
Sport England Active Communities
TOTAL FUNDS
Incoming
resources
£
243,890
9,027
14,948
39,956
65,669
129,600
373,490
Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(146,862)
97,028
-
9,027
(29,527)
(14,579)
(35,201)
4,755
(86,964)
(21,295)
(151,692)
(22,092)
(298,554)
74,936

11. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 March 2021.

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Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 March 2021

INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS
Donations and legacies
Receipts from services
Donations
Grants
Investment income
Deposit account interest
Other income
Employment allowance
Total incoming resources
EXPENDITURE
Support costs
Management
Wages
Rates and water
Insurance
Telephone
Subcontractor
Volunteer expense
Training
Repair and maintenance
Activity expenses
Fundraising costs
Payroll & pension admin
Recruitment
Remote services
Finance
Bank charges
Plant and machinery
2021
£
738
48,628
195,429
244,795
41
4,000
248,836
134,891
214
1,207
598
1,498
-
344
11,526
7,414
1,461
734
-
9,199
169,086
52
430
482
2020
£
4,819
25,366
91,324
121,509
145
3,000
124,654
118,212
110
836
-
-
85
200
4,821
1,140
768
727
287
-
127,186
-
-
-

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Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 March 2021

Finance
Governance costs
Accountancy fee
Total resources expended
Net income/(expenditure)
2021
£
1,800
171,368
77,468
2020
£
-
127,186
(2,532)

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