Triangle Adventure Playground Association
## Charity No. 303145
Trustees' Report and Unaudited Accounts
31 March 2023
Triangle Adventure Playground Association Contents
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|Trustees' Annual Report|3 to 18|
|Independent Examiner's Report|19|
|Statement of Financial Activities|20|
|Balance Sheet|21|
|Notes to the Accounts|22 to 28|
|Detailed Statement of Financial Activities|29 to 30|
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Triangle Adventure Playground Association Trustees Annual Report
The trustees present their report with the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2023. 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).
## Reference and Administrative details
## Registered Charity Number
303145
## Principal Office
The Triangle Adventure Playground Association Ashmole Street London SW8 1NE
## Trustees
Veronika Tugendraich Garwolinski Juliet Hobday Kate Roswitha Poulton Alan Sutton
## Key Management Personnel
Veronika Tugendraich Garwolinski – Chair Alan Sutton – Vice Chair Sarah Heath – Treasurer Juliet Hobday – Secretary April-Sept ’22 Kate Poulton – Secretary Sept-April ‘23
## Accountants
Sherwin Currid Accountancy Limited 32 London Road Guildford GU1 2AB
## Statement of trustees' responsibilities in relation to the financial statements
The charity trustees are responsible for preparing a trustees' annual report and financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the applicable Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations, and the provisions of the Trust deed. The Trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
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## Objective, Aims and Activities 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 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.
The Triangle operates as an open-access playground. All young people aged 6-17 are welcome to come and go as they please. 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 have all gone through and approved this report ahead of submission.
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## Achievements and Performance
As we look back on another successful year of play at the Triangle there are many highlights to share. There is, though, only one place to begin, and that is a very special day in May. To celebrate our 65th anniversary we held a community party on 25th May 2022 for over 250 young people, parents, friends and supporters of the Triangle. Guests including local political dignitaries enjoyed delicious food, photobooth fun, free ice cream van, music and much more. A wonderful event that reinforced the deep bonds between all the Triangle family, past and present, and the crucial nature of our work within Oval and Lambeth. We hope our founder Marjorie Porter OBE would be proud and happy to know that the seed she planted in 1957 grows stronger each year.
The year as a whole has seen the Triangle make important capital improvements to our site, expand our service to further support the wider community of young people in Lambeth and begin an exciting new partnership.
## Capital works
The Triangle, like all wood based adventure playgrounds, continues to evolve our range of giant play structures in response to children and young people requests and the natural lifecycle of structures. After 15 years of constant use our zipline was deemed to need replacing by our external health and safety specialist. Following its closure post summer we enlisted the team from London Play Design to help us build a new one, with input and requests from our children and young people. Beginning in September 2022 and completed in January 2023 our new faster and higher zipline was constructed thanks to the hard work of the LPD team, three sets of corporate volunteers and the Triangle staff. New decking to our veranda alongside a new water fountain further enhanced the safety, practical purpose and visual aesthetic of our play hut’s exterior.
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The installation of three phase electricity within the playground has also been a major capital project this year. Working with UK Power Network to bring electricity into the site, stage one including the installation of GPR has been completed. Stage two in 2023-2024 will see the installation of cables and new fusebox to bring the power to our hut and then the Triangle will have our own proper three phase power supply for the first time in our history.
The hut itself has undergone minor renovations to the kitchen area due to our formal registration as a food business, a requirement of our provision of free hot nutritious lunches during the holiday sessions and snacks during after school sessions. Following a visit by the local authority Food Business Inspector we were pleased to receive a four out of five star rating.
Looking ahead to 2023 - 2024 we are delighted to have obtained grants to fund a 30 meter long aerial walkway winding through our plethora of trees.
## Expansion of service
Each year the Triangle opens every weekday after school and during the holidays, c. 245 sessions per annum. This year we are proud to have increased our service via a new project, the Triangle lunchtime school sessions. Thanks to a Lambeth Community Connection Fund grant we are offering 38 extra play sessions this academic year. Each Wednesday a visiting class from one of the local primary schools attends the Triangle from 1.30 - 2.30pm as part of their PE curriculum. The impact of these new sessions has been exceptional, introducing the benefits and thrills of the Triangle to 200 Lambeth school children, of which many have become new regular attendees after school and during holidays.
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At the core of our work is a desire to support children and young people however we can. A great example of this has been our decision to open for extended hours on the days when school teachers have taken industrial action. On each strike day in February and March 2023 we have not only opened from 12 - 6pm but also provided lunch for all young people in attendance. This news was gratefully received by not only the children and young people but parents too!
## Stronger Together
As a founding member of the North Lambeth Youth Consortium we were delighted to successfully apply for a new multi-year contract with Lambeth Council in Feb 2023 as part of their EIPS funding (Early Intervention Prevention Services). Welcoming Active Communities Network and Young People Matter to the consortium, alongside original members Alford House, Oasis Play, Oasis Hub Waterloo and Bankside Open Spaces Trust we have created a partnership that will share knowledge, resources and funding opportunities. The consortium will also create collaboration to provide further play and youth activities for the North Lambeth community.
Outside of our consortium recent external engagement within North Lambeth is exemplified by our project with Gasworks art gallery and studios. Following workshops at the Triangle and at Gasworks with their artists in residence we were thrilled to release our very first Triangle vinyl record. This unique sound artwork by the children and young people was launched in style at an Iklectik Art Lab. Featuring a live performance by the artists and our young people to a crowd of parents and art enthusiasts. During the summer holidays we were also delighted to welcome Lambeth Young Advisors for a session as well as 30 children and young people from local youth organisation Soul Shack.
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No mention of the Triangle’s close friends would be complete without acknowledging the bond between ourselves and Ashmole Primary School. 2022 - 2023 yet again highlighted this, notably at our annual Triangle & Ashmole Bonfire party, attended by more than 200 members of our community.
## Competition winners
Our service has been recognised and awarded for our work in the past and we were delighted to receive two awards this year that reflect the quality of play and environmental impact of the Triangle. ‘The Most Inspiring Place to Play’ winner in the video competition run by London Play and Highly Commended in ‘Best Space for Encouraging Wildlife’ in the Edible Lambeth Awards 2023.
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## Corporate Partnership
The Triangle has continued to benefit from our corporate charity partnership with The Berkeley Foundation. The variety of financial and practical support has been impactful for the Triangle and we would like to thank the Foundation and Berkeley St Edward Oval Village for multiple donations this year including Easter Eggs, advent calendars and Halloween pumpkins. A large group of our young people were also welcomed by the Berkeley St Edward Oval Village team for Pancake Day celebrations and a fantastic Christmas lunch.
## Trips & Workshops
Throughout each year we provide various active, fun and creative trips and new experiences for children and young people. 2022 - 2023 was no different and we made trips to Herne Hill Velodrome, Ice skating (twice!), Streatham Common, Odeon cinema, Gambado soft play, Flipout, Battersea Zoo, The Science Museum, UPCYCLE bike maintenance and bike building project, Brazilian Jiu-Jiutsu Grapplezone, Adventure Playground Football Tournament, Vauxhall Park, Gasworks Art Gallery, Kennington Park Community Centre for Christmas pantomime. We also welcomed OurParks boxing coaching and For2FEET scooter training on site as part of our Kitchen Social project. Littlehampton was lucky enough to have 70 members of the Triangle family visit for our annual seaside trip too!
- Sport and Healthy Activity: It is almost impossible to attend the Triangle and not be drawn into physical activity some way or the other. Our astroturf has seen many competitive games of basketball and football, our two most popular sports. Trampolining, group chase games, giant swings and climbing trees are just some of the daily exercises found in play, and this year has seen an increase in gymnastics and parkour on site; backflips, forward rolls and mega jumps building our young people’s confidence and coordination. Our group chase games remain very popular each session, with a game of Family IT or Chaos Tag a chance for dozens of children to burn off energy and use their cunning to emerge victorious. Our Together Fund project is bringing a specialist boxing coach to the playground weekly for 30+ training sessions throughout the calendar year.
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- Outdoor Adventure Play - Camping, bushcraft and woodwork are a staple of the Triangle. During summer our special camping week once again gave over 30 young people the chance to camp out at the Triangle, making a campfire, setting up tents and telling ghost stories late into the night. Learning how to use tools safely featured this year as our children and young people assisted the demolition of the old zip line, and the construction of the new one, emphasising their sense of ownership. The children and young people ingenuity shone throughout the year, notably when they utilised the loose parts of ropes and wood to build their own temporary swings and of course no year at the Triangle would be complete without hundreds of dens being built, destroyed and built again.
- Art and creative play - Creative and artistic skills are ever present in our sessions. We encourage young people to play with freedom, some wish to draw and paint, others to build lego and create Hama bead art, the modern art of practising TikTok dances is another popular activity. Bracelet and necklace making in particular has been much requested, as young people employ their fine motor skills along with their creative expression to make some beautiful pieces. Special activities have included mask making, clay sculptures, making your own magical snow globe bottles, using our badge machine and painting playground signage. The digging up and opening of our 2013 Time Capsule was an exciting day for all as we looked back on the drawings and artworks buried 10 years ago, some young adults in attendance for both the burial and the return of the capsule proof of the long term bond young people have with their favourite adventure playground. Music in the form of our selection of instruments and DJ workshops continued last year, encouraging dancing in the hut and on the playground!
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- 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 through play. Mental freedom of imagination is matched by the physical freedom to dig, climb and explore the wild landscape of the Triangle.
- Cookery – lunch and snack time Our commitment to supporting our young people facing food insecurity continued this year. Thanks to support from Lambeth HAF and Mayor's Fund Kitchen Social we were able to provide hot lunches for all throughout holiday sessions. Fresh fruit is offered throughout all play sessions of the year, with a later snacktime providing biscuits, rice cakes and yoghurts for the children.
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- Holiday Schemes Water play is a major part of play in the holidays. The Triangle water park made up of our mini pool, slip n slide and water slide is a special experience for our young people, many of whom don’t get a summer holiday out of London. Summer 2022 we held 29 days of play, 260 young people making a total of 1429 visits (and 1231 lunches served!). We were delighted to bring a bouncy castle to the triangle twice this year for the end of Easter and Summer holiday parties too.
- Nature Club The Triangle’s long term environmental play project shone again last year. The young people had opportunities to learn about the life cycles of different insects, such as ladybirds; identify different species of birds and mammals; identify different plants and flowers, creating ID signs to help others do the same; learn about predator prey relationships in mammals in Africa; exploring our wormery; nature fact posters; animal role-play and creating a mini weather station. Creating a number of nature crafts that have coincided and sparked conversations with green facts such as nature crowns, animal hama beads, animal origami, leaf prints, winter terrariums, apple volcanoes, spider web designs and lego animal design. Other activities that took place included making a temporary hedgehog home, designing and creating birdfeeders, squirrel watch and feeding, creating pollinator beds in the allotment, making mud for birds to use, worm and bug hunts and building bug hotels. Being able to create more permanent structures, such as the hedgehog home, pond and bug hotels, allowed for the young people to have a sense of ownership in the playground and nature equipment, they became more inspired to explore what biodiversity there was within the playground. We planted carrots, spinach, onions, leeks, potatoes, broccoli, strawberries, raspberries and sunflowers. Throughout the year many gardening sessions took place, teaching the young people how to grow their own food; using gardening tools and the signs of garden pests such as slugs and snails. The young people were able to harvest many of the things that they grew which was very rewarding for them. We also learnt how to use mulch in the garden to protect the plants growing.
- Active Together Family Fitness Our multiyear project ended this year, a successful project that
- brought our young people and families together for fun group fitness activities. Running in conjunction with Oasis Play the project held regular boxing, football, capoeira and go-karting family sessions. The opportunity for our parents and carers to engage in these sessions has proven beneficial to their health, created shared positive family experiences and left a legacy of healthy habits.
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## Staff matters
The Triangle Management committee would like to thank all our playworkers for their tireless efforts this year.
The range of staff training and qualifications gained or in progress this year include paediatric first aid, safeguarding level 2, understanding children and young people’s mental health, a level 2 Youthwork NVQ and Food Hygiene and Allergen training level 2.
Our volunteer to play worker scheme continues to flourish. Four young adults (three of whom spent their childhood playing at the Triangle) completed the 100 hours of volunteering and training on site and joined our pool of sessional playworkers, all paid above the London Living Wage. We have also supported other young people with work experience opportunities.
The Triangle playworkers are in many ways the key ingredient to engaging and exciting play sessions. This year we said goodbye to a special playworker, Jun Lim, who has left us to focus on her medical degree. An immensely popular and talented playworker who not only built fantastic relationships with many young people, but also ran the London Marathon on our behalf.
Our Nature Club leader for two years Laura Applegate also departed the Triangle to start her own business. Laura worked conscientiously at the Triangle and her passion for supporting young people through engagement with nature was crucial during the challenging lockdown and return to play of Summer 2020.
As our Active Together project drew to a close, Darragh Conway, our AT playworker, was tempted to return to his home of Ireland for a new career challenge.
We’d like to put on record our thanks to Jun, Laura and Darragh for their hard work and dedication to supporting our children and young people.
Our new Nature Club leader / environmental specialist playworker Miranda Brown joined in August 2022 and has quickly proved to be an excellent addition to our team.
## Statistics 2022/23
|TermTime M-
F|Hours|Holidays M-F|Dates|Hours|Closure|Dates|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|01/04/2022|15:30-18:00|Easter|4/04-14/04|12:00-18:00|Staff Holiday|5/9-9/9|
|19/04-29/04|15:30-18:00|Summer 1/2 Term|30/05-01/06|12:00-18:00|Staff Holiday|26/12-3/1|
|3/05-04/05|15:30-18:00|Summer|25/7-2/9|12:00-18:00|Easter|15-18/4|
|6/5-27/5|15:30-18:00|Autumn 1/2 Term|24-28/10|12:00-18:00|BH Mon|2/5|
|6/6-15/7|15:30-18:00|Christmas|19-23/12|12:00-18:00|Polling|5/5|
|20/7-22/7|15:30-18:00|Spring1/2 Term|13-17/02|12:00-18:00|Jubilee|02-03/4|
|12/9-16/9|15:30-18:00|||12:00-18:00|Heatwave|18-19/07|
|20/9-21/10|15:30-18:00||||AugBH|29/8|
|31/10-16/12|15:30-18:00||||State funeral|19/9|
|4/1-10/2|15:30-18:00||||||
|20/2-31/3|15:30-18:00||||||
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This year we ran 239 Sessions. 56 during the holidays and 183 during term. We were closed 22 days in total, 9 for normal staff holidays, 8 bank holidays and exceptionally 2 days for health and safety due to extreme heat, 1 Day each for the Jubilee, state funeral and polling day.
We had 12545 attendances over the year with the average attendance per term session being 54 and average holiday attendance 48.
||Q1 April-June|Q2 Jul-Sept|Q3 Oct-Dec|Q4 Jan-Mar|Total|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Number of sessions|58|61|60|63|242|
|Attendances|3534|3021|2938|3052|12545|
|Average attendance per
session|54|46|45|47|52|
|Session hours|189.5|244|185|175|793.5|
|Playhours|10233|11224|8325|8225|41134|
We have 569 registered users. 53% Male 47% Female with males attending slightly more regularly. 49 (9%) have declared a special need of which 18 have autistic spectrum disorders.
281 Declare free school meals, but this is probably skewed by all infants’ years 1-3 receiving free school meals, we do however have 237 parents declaring benefits.
64.5% of the users live in super output areas that are in the 30% most deprived areas in England (Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019, the most recent data available).
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ACTIVE USERS OF THE TRIANGLE BY ETHPIICITY
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## _**Contributions from volunteers and funders - Thank you!**_
The Berkeley Foundation for their amazing support across the year. We had a wonderful visit to Berkeley St Edward Oval Village for an all you can eat Pancake day party, received donations of Easter eggs, Halloween pumpkins and advent calendars too. The Triangle also shared the story of our partnership for Small Charities Week and spoke about our work at the Berkeley Fundraising Shooting day as well as attending the Foundation’s Black Tie Boxing Event. Particular thanks to the many Berkeley Group staff who have taken part in fundraising events or contributed donations.
City Bridge Trust for continued funding of our Nature Club/Environmental Play project.
Lambeth Council for funding holiday lunches, activities and Take and Make boxes via HAF
Lambeth Community Connection Fund for funding our school lunchtime sessions and general play scheme. Mayor’s Fund for London Kitchen Social for helping fund the cost of our holiday and strike day lunches and donating Take & Make boxes, Build a Bears, art supplies, water bottles and sanitary products
Sport England for supporting the Active Together program and funding our Together project
YLC Lambeth Early Intervention Prevention services for support of the general playscheme
Stephen Ludlow & Ludlow Thompson Oval for funding our 65th anniversary party
## Charlotte and Dominic of The Collective Kennington Park Cafe for their provision of
## lunches
## Emiliano Bellio of Berkeley St Edwards Oval Village canteen for their provision of lunches
M&G PLC for volunteering on site to tidy up our allotment, revarnish the hut and more.
Adobe for their volunteer day
Ascertus for their volunteer day
Fitch Ratings for their volunteer day
Rachel Harrison for her support and assistance with the school lunchtime sessions
St Marks Primary
## Henry Fawcett Primary
## Ashmole Primary
Gasworks Gallery Laura Hessner, Laima Leyton and Lexy Morvardi for facilitating the PLAY PLAY PLAY vinyl project
Aimee Furnival of Another Studio for their generous support.
Rahul Moodgal for his generous donations and continued exceptional support
Anne Rogers & Martyn Thomas for their very generous long-term support
Charlotte and Matthew Vaight for their generous long-term support
Lady Susanna Lyell for their generous support, Nature Club volunteering and
representing The Triangle at the Lambeth VCS forums
Maria Howard for her generous donation
Veronica Porter for her incredible support over many years
Oval Garage for donations and go kart repair assistance
Ken Buchanan for donating lawn protectors
Joe Giacomet for donating uniforms and towards our food bank
Big Belly Bwoy Catering for catering holiday lunches
Zezi Ifore for DJing at our 65th anniversary
Debbie Antwi for catering at our 65th anniversary Tameca Forbes for catering at our 65th anniversary
Helen Monger for including us in the London Gardens Trust directory.
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## Speaking at the Triangle’s 65th anniversary celebration, Florence Eshalomi, MP for Vauxhall, said:
"It was great to join the young people and local community to celebrate The Triangle Adventure Playground's 65th Birthday. So many children growing up in Vauxhall and beyond have no access to outdoor play. But this adventure playground is so much more than just that - it's a safe space for children to learn vital skills and development to help them for many years to come."
We would like to express our gratitude to all the individual supporters who have donated this year.
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## Financial Review
As at the end March 2023, the cash position was £212,989. Our reserves policy requires that the level of reserves must be based on running costs for six months plus closure costs.
The Association relies entirely on grants and fundraising and this year donations became our largest income source, almost doubling what we received last year (£102,405 vs £53,486). The Berkeley partnership has had a big impact on this, donating £68,641 (through match funding and Payroll giving).
Annual donation income has also increased from £19,642 to £33,765, through a combination of regular monthly donations as well as one off payments. We peaked at 87 regular donors during the year and with this ongoing support, we were able to begin our project of reinvesting in our playground and play equipment.
Expenditure increased by 28% on the previous year with staffing costs, play equipment upgrades and site repairs making up the majority of this. A full review of our playground staff was undertaken, recognising their many strengths, and updating the salary packages to be reflective of the current market. We maintained our commitment to paying all our new playworkers the London Living wage as a minimum and improved our hourly rate for experienced and senior playworkers.
This was the final year for our two projects, Active Communities through Sports England and Nature Club through The City Bridge Trust. Successful subsequent grant applications have enabled the playground to continue much of the great work established through these multiyear projects for the following year so that our local young people can continue to benefit through sporting activities and being close to nature.
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## 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.
## Declarations
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
## Veronika Tugendraich Garwolinski
Veronika Tugendraich Garwolinski (Dec 16, 2023 11:13 GMT)
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Veronika Tugendraich Garwolinski Trustee
29 November 2023
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Triangle Adventure Playground Association Independent Examiners Report
## Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of Triangle Adventure Playground Association
I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Triangle Adventure Playground Association for the year ended 31 March 2023.
## Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').
I report in respect of my examination of the charity's financial statements carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the 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 can 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:
- the accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
- the financial statements do not accord with those records; or
- the financial statements do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of financial statements set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the financial statements 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 financial statements to be reached.
Max Sherwin FCCA Sherwin Currid Accountancy Limited 32 London Road Guildford
GU1 2AB 23 November 2023
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Triangle Adventure Playground Association Statement of Financial Activities
## for the year ended 31 March 2023
|Notes
Income and endowments
from:
Donations and legacies
3
Other trading activities
4
Investments
5
Total
Expenditure on:
Other
6
Total
Net gains on investments
Net income
7
Transfers between funds
Net income before other
gains/(losses)
Other gains and losses
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward|Unrestricted
funds
2023
£
134,444
652
948|Restricted
funds
2023
£
97,486
-
-|Total funds
2023
£
231,930
652
948|Total funds
2022
£
228,042
-
21|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||136,044
109,419|97,486
97,486|233,530
206,905|228,063
176,761|
||109,419
-|97,486
-|206,905
-|176,761
-|
||26,625
-|-
-|26,625
-|51,302
-|
||26,625|-|26,625|51,302|
||26,625
204,600|-
-|26,625
204,600|51,302
153,298|
||231,225|-|231,225|204,600|
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Triangle Adventure Playground Association Balance Sheet at 31 March 2023
|Charity No. 303145
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
9
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors:Amount falling due within one year
10
Net current assets
Total assets less current liabilities
Net assets excluding pension asset or liability
Total net assets
The funds of the charity
Restricted funds
Restricted income funds
11
Unrestricted funds
11
General funds
Reserves
11
Total funds|2023
£
22,678
22,678
212,989
212,989
(4,442)
208,547
231,225
231,225
231,225
-
-
231,225
231,225
231,225|2022
£
3,212|
|---|---|---|
|||3,212
206,565|
|||206,565
(5,177)|
|||201,388
204,600|
|||204,600|
|||204,600|
|||-|
|||-
204,600|
|||204,600|
|||204,600|
Approved by the trustees on 29 November 2023
And signed on their behalf by:
Veronika Tugendraich Garwolinski Veronika Tugendraich Garwolinski (Dec 16, 2023 11:13 GMT)
Veronika Tugendraich Garwolinski
Trustee
29 November 2023
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Triangle Adventure Playground Association Notes to the Accounts
for the year ended 31 March 2023
## 1 Accounting policies
## Basis of preparation
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic if Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014 and the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011.
## Change in basis of accounting or to previous accounts
There has been no change to the accounting policies (valuation rules and method of accounting) since last year and no changes have been made to accounts for previous years.
## Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds These are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objects of the charity. Restricted funds These are available for use subject to restrictions imposed by the donor or through terms of an appeal.
## Income
Recognition of Income is included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when the income charity becomes entitled to, and virtually certain to receive, the income and the amount of the income can be measured with sufficient reliability.
## Expenditure
Recognition of Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or expenditure 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.
## Taxation
The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.
## Tangible fixed assets and depreciation
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life:
Plant and machinery 25% Reducing balance
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## Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at bank and on hand, demand deposits with banks and other short-term highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less and bank overdrafts. In the statement of financial position, bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings or current liabilities. In the Statement of Cash Flows, cash and cash equivalents are shown net of bank overdrafts that are repayable on demand and form an integral part of the company's cash management.
## Trade and other creditors
Short term creditors are measured at the transaction price. Other creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.
## Pension costs
The charity operates a defined contribution plan for its employees. A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the charity pays fixed contributions into a separate entity. Once the contributions have been paid the charity has no further payments obligations. The contributions are recognised as expenses when they fall due. Amounts not paid are shown in accruals in the balance sheet. The assets of the plan are held separately from the charity in independently administered funds.
## Receipt of donated goods, facilities and services
All donated goods, facilities and services received are recognised within incoming resources and expenditure at an estimate of the value to the charity.
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Notes to the Accounts
## 2 Statement of Financial Activities - prior year
|2
Statement of Financial Activities - prior year|||
|---|---|---|
|Income and endowments from:
Donations and legacies
Investments
Total
Expenditure on:
Other
Total
Net income
Net income before other
gains/(losses)
Other gains and losses:
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward|Unrestricted
Restricted
funds
funds
2022
2022
£
£
140,737
87,305
21
-|Total funds
2022
£
228,042
21|
||140,758
87,305
70,938
105,823|228,063
176,761|
||70,938
105,823|176,761|
||69,820
(18,518)|51,302|
||69,820
(18,518)|51,302|
||69,820
(18,518)
134,780
18,518|51,302
153,298|
||204,600
-|204,600|
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## 3 Income from donations and legacies
|3
Income from donations and legacies|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Unrestricted
£
Donations
102,405
Grants
32,039
134,444
Donated goods, facilities and services received
Sports England Active Communities
Lambeth Council Grants
City Bridge Trust
Active Communities Together
London Community Fund
Mayors Fund for London
Community Connections
Julia Rausing
SWSJ
Lambeth EIPS
London Kitchen Social
People Health Trust
Little Lives Basket Ball
Card Factory Community Fun
London Funders Covid
Magic (Nature Club)
Leeds Building Society Foundation
4
Income from other trading activities
Receipts from services
5
Income from investments
Deposit account interest|Unrestricted
£
102,405
32,039|Restricted
£
-
97,486|Total
2023
£
102,405
129,525|Total
2022
£
53,486
174,556|
||134,444|97,486|231,930|228,042|
|||Unrestricted
£
652|Total
2023
£
43,502
41,200
12,784
5,000
9,901
2,250
14,888
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|Total
2022
£
49,290
27,615
24,000
-
-
-
-
15,339
11,402
4,750
2,600
2,135
1,494
500
34,562
500
370|
||||129,525|174,556|
||||Total
2023
£
652|Total
2022
£
-|
|||652|652|-|
|||Unrestricted
£
948|Total
2023
£
948|Total
2022
£
21|
|||948|948|21|
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## 6 Other expenditure
|6
Other expenditure||||
|---|---|---|---|
|Unrestricted
£
Restricted
£
Total
2023
£
Total
2022
£
Employee costs
74,066
74,825
148,891
151,617
Motor and travel costs
1,164
-
1,164
-
Premises costs
Amortisation, depreciation,
impairment, profit/loss on
653
7,218
-
-
653
7,218
709
804
disposal of fixed assets
General administrative costs
23,929
22,662
46,591
21,471
Legal and professional costs
2,388
-
2,388
2,160
109,419
97,486
206,905
176,761
7
Net income before transfers
2023
2022
This is stated after charging:
Depreciation of owned fixed assets
£
7,218
£
804
8
Staff costs
2023
2022
Salaries and wages
142,443
136,849
Social security costs
4,640
11,233
Pension costs
1,529
2,758
148,612
150,840
No employee received emoluments in excess of £60,000.
The average monthly number of full time equivalent employees during the year was as follows:|Unrestricted
£
74,066
1,164
653
7,218
23,929
2,388|Restricted
£
Total
2023
£
74,825
148,891
-
1,164
-
-
653
7,218
22,662
46,591
-
2,388|Total
2022
£
151,617
-
709
804
21,471
2,160|
||109,419|97,486
206,905|176,761|
||||2022
£
804
2022
136,849
11,233
2,758|
||||150,840|
|2023|2022|
|---|---|
|Number|Number|
|5|5|
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## 9 Tangible fixed assets
|Tangible fixed assets||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Cost or revaluation
At 1 April 2022
Additions
At 31 March 2023
Depreciation and
impairment
At 1 April 2022
Depreciation charge for the
year
At 31 March 2023
Net book values
At 31 March 2023
At 31 March 2022
Creditors:
amounts falling due within one year
Other taxes and social security
Other creditors
Accruals||2023
£
1,807
247
2,388|£
4,446
26,684
31,130
1,234
7,218||£
4,446
26,684|
||||||31,130|
||||||
1,234
7,218|
||||8,452||8,452|
||||
22,678||22,678|
||||
3,212||3,212|
||||
||2022
£
2,522
596
2,059|
|||4,442|||5,177|
## 10 Creditors:
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## 11 Movement in funds
|Restricted funds:
Restricted income funds:
Lambeth Community Fund
City Bridge Trust
Sport England Active
Communities
Total
Unrestricted funds:
General funds
Total funds|At 1 April
2022
-
-
-|Incoming
resources
£
41,200
12,784
43,502|Resources
expended
£
(41,200)
(12,784)
(43,502)|At 31
March
2023
£
-
-
-|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||-|97,486|(97,486)|-|
||204,600|136,044|(109,419)|231,225
231,225|
||204,600|233,530|(206,905)||
## 12 Analysis of net assets between funds
|Analysis of net assets between funds|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Fixed assets
Net current assets||Unrestricted
funds
£
22,678
208,547||Total
£
22,678
208,547|
|||231,225||231,225|
## 13 Related party disclosures
There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 March 2023.
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Triangle Adventure Playground Association Detailed Statement of Financial Activities
## Total of expenditure of other costs
|Income and endowments from:
Donations and legacies
Donations
Grants
Other trading activities
Receipts from services
Investments
Deposit account interest
Total income and endowments
Expenditure on:
Employee costs
Salaries/wages
Employer's NIC
Pension costs
Staff recruitment
Staff training
Motor and travel costs
Travel and subsistence
Premises costs
Rates|Unrestricted
funds
2023
£
102,405
32,039
134,444
652
652
948
948
136,044
67,618
4,640
1,529
139
140
74,066
1,164
1,164
653
653|Restricted
funds
2023
£
-
97,486
97,486
-
-
-
-
97,486
74,825
-
-
-
-
74,825
-
-
-
-|Total funds
2023
£
102,405
129,525
231,930
652
652
948
948
233,530
142,443
4,640
1,529
139
140
148,891
1,164
1,164
653
653|Total funds
2022
£
53,486
174,556|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||228,042|
|||||-|
|||||-|
|||||21|
|||||21|
|||||228,063
136,849
11,233
2,758
637
140|
|||||151,617|
|||||-|
|||||-|
|||||709|
|||||709|
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## Total of expenditure of other costs
|General administrative expenses
Depreciation
Bank charges
Activities and food
Repairs
General insurances
Software and related costs
Telephone
Legal and professional costs
Accountancy and bookkeeping
Total expenditure
Net gains on investments
Net income
Net income before other
gains/(losses)
Other Gains
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward|7,218
180
5,373
14,118
1,936
1,440
882
31,147
2,388
2,388
109,419
-
26,625
26,625
-
26,625
204,600
231,225|-
-
21,440
1,222
-
-
-
22,662
-
-
97,486
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|7,218
180
26,813
15,340
1,936
1,440
882
53,809
2,388
2,388
206,905
-
26,625
26,625
-
26,625
204,600
231,225|804
81
10,535
7,334
1,642
1,127
752|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||22,275|
|||||2,160|
|||||2,160|
||||||
|||||176,761
-|
|||||51,302|
|||||51,302
-|
|||||51,302|
|||||153,298|
|||||204,600|
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