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WESTMINSTER PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 31 DECEMBER 2025
Charity Number: 503204
Paul Adamson -Treasurer
WESTMINSTER PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
31 DECEMBER 2025
Contents
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| Legal and administrative details | 1 |
| Trustees’ report | 2 |
| Independent examiner’s report | 4 |
| Receipts and payments account | 5 |
| Statement ofAssets and Liabilities | 6 |
| Notes | 7 |
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WESTMINSTER PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
31 DECEMBER 2025
Charity registration number 503204
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| Council | Phil Williamson Bev Williamson |
Chairman |
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| Simon Rostron | ||
| Kerry Woodall | ||
| Lisa Childs | ||
| Alex Macdonald | ||
| Holding Trustees | PaulAdamson | |
| Phil Williamson | ||
| Cliff Tomlinson | ||
| Principal address | Westminster ParkCommunity | Community Centre |
| Five Ashes Road | ||
| Westminster Park | ||
| Chester | ||
| CH4 7QS | ||
| Bankers | Barclays Bank | |
| Unit 2 The Forum |
Shopping Centre | |
| Northgate Street | ||
| Chester | ||
| CH1 2BY | ||
| Independent examiner | Rachel Aldridge-Jones (CGMA,ACMA) | |
| 143 Lache Lane | ||
| Chester |
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WESTMINSTER PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION TRUSTEES’ REPORT 31 DECEMBER 2025
The Council present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025.The financial statements have been prepared on a receipts and payments basis and comply with the charity’s trust deed.
Constitution and object
The charity was constituted on 4 March 1971 and is a registered charity no: 503204. The object of the charity is to provide a community centre for the use of local residents.
Trustees
The affairs of the Association are managed by the Council of the Association who are listed on page’ together with the Holding Trustees. The officers of the Council are elected at the Annual General Meeting.
Review of activities in the year
Throughout 2025 the Association has continued to provide a Community Centre and all its facilities to the residents of the Westminster Park area. The Community Centre is used as a meeting place for various activity groups and organisations as well as a local venue for private functions. It has supported such activities as a bridge club, dance classes, keep fit groups, Weightwatchers, martial arts training, pre-school nursery, mothers and toddlers and the Christian Family Church Group. The Association boasts two local league darts teams and a Bagatelle side which also plays in a local league. A number of private functions were held including Croquet Club, Gardening Group, Residents’ Association meetings along with wedding parties and christening celebrations.
As normal some charity events were held raising money for a specialist unit of the Countess of Chester Hospital, contributing to a local group concerned with the welfare of the Widows and Widowers of Chester, and fund raising for MacMillian, Breast Cancer UK., SPACE and The Hospice of the Good Shepherd.
Mid summer was celebrated with a fair and open day -which was extremely well attended and much appreciated by the local residents.
An overall successful year for the Association. Voluntary work by Council members and price reviews have succeeded in maintaining the finances this year. This will enable the Association to continue in its operations for the foreseeable future
Reserves policy
It is the policy of the Trustees to maintain unrestricted reserves at a level to cover 6 months expenditure, which equates to approximately £45,000 plus a designated building maintenance fund of £18,000 to be used for major works when required. At 31 December 2025 unrestricted reserves were £53,141. The Trustees are confident that the coming year will boost the reserves toward the required level.
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Risk management
The Trustees have reviewed the principal areas of the charity’s operations and considered the major risks in each of those areas. In the opinion of the Trustees, the Association has resources and review systems in place which, under normal circumstances, should allow the risks to be mitigated to an acceptable level in its day to day operation.
Statement of Trustees’ responsibilities
The Trustees are required under charity law to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the charity’s financial activities during the year and of its financial position at the end of the year.
In preparing these financial statements we are required to:
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select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently
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make reasonable and prudent judgements and estimates
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state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements
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prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis unless in our view the charity will be unable to continue in business
We are also responsible for:
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keeping proper accounting records
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safeguarding the charity’s assets
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taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud
On behalf of the Council
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Dih fod Willianason/-Chaitman,OCR On., QorG
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WESTMINSTER PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF WESTMINSTER PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
| report on the financial statements of Westminster Park Community Association for the year ended 31 December 2025, which are set out on pages5 to 7.
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’).
| report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination | have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiner's statement
| have completed my examination. | 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:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act: or
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the accounts do not accord with those records.
| 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.
Independent Examiner
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WESTMINSTER PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT
for the year ended 31 December 2025
||||Total
Unrestricted|Total
Unrestricted||
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|||Funds 2025|Funds 2024||
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Machines||63,183
5,739|79,973
6419||
|||Centre Hire|20,390|22,898|||
|||Subscriptions|810|920||
|||Socials|791|12440||
|||Investment income|645|598||
|Miscellany||2,034|34||
||Total Receipts|93,592|112,086||
||PAYMENTS|||||
|||BarPurchases|36,343|49,201||
|BarWage||22,833|24,426||
|||StockChecks|490|530|||
||Machine Licence|50|50|||
|Socials||794|1,560||
||Misc. Licences|988|461||
||Rent, Rates, Water|2,130|1,798||
|||Heat and Light|7,942|8,650||
|_|Insurance|886|906||
|||Security|254|350||
|||Telephone/Internet|717|831|||
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||Cleaning Material and Wages|9,474|8,686||
||Repairs and Maintenance|2,271|1,075||
|_|Darts League/Equip.|270|180|||
||Capital Equipment|393|2,184||
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Miscellaneous
Card Fees||1,110
811|964
B48||
||Accountancy|400|225||
||MachineGames Duty|927|1,374|||
|||Total Expenditure|89,083|104,299|||
|||Net Receipts over Payments|4,509|7,787|||
||Cash Funds brought forward|48,632|40,845|||
||CashFundscarriedforward|53,141|48,632|||
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WESTMINSTER PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
As at 31 December 2025
| Total | Total | |
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| Funds | Funds | |
| 2025 | 2024 | |
| Cash Funds: | ||
| Cash at Bank and in hand | 59,156 | 57,983 |
| Credit Card | -1,453 | -757 |
| Uncleared on 31st December | -833 | -3,933 |
| Lord Mayor’s Grant (unrestricted) | -4,407 | -5,237 |
| SumUp pending | 534 | 576 |
| Overspend on Summer Fair Grant | 144 | |
| 53,141 | 48,632 |
| Assets Retained for the Charity's own use: | ||
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| Fixed assets net book value | 12,876 | 12,483 |
| Stock | 4,469 | 5,597 |
| Debtors | 1,104 | 1,020 |
| 18,449 | 19,100 | |
| Liabilities | ||
| Other taxes and Social Security | 2,972 | 1,092 |
| Accruals | 856 | 971 |
| 3,828 | 2,063 |
The financial statements were approved by the Council on March 2026 and signed on their behalf by:
P Williamson — Chairman pated. LPI ZF...
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WESTMINSTER PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
31 December 2025
1. Accounting Policies
Basis of accounting
The financial statements have been prepared on a receipts and payments basis in accordance with applicable standards.
2. Employees Remuneration
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||
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| Total | Wages | (including | cleaner) | £29,347 | £29,889 |
No Trustees have received or are due to receive any remuneration in the year.