CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: SC047539
Wimpy Park Community Group Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) Annual Report and Financial Statements
31 March 2025
Wimpy Park Community Group
Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO)
Annual Report and Financial Statements
Year ended 31 March 2025
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| Trustees' annual report | 1 | -7 |
| Independent examiner's report to the trustees | 8 - 9 | |
| Statement of receipts and payments | 10 | |
| Statement of balances | 11 | |
| Notes to the financial statements | 12 - | 13 |
Wimpy Park Community Group
Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO)
Trustees’ Annual Report
Year ended 31 March 2025
The trustees present their report together with the financial statements and the independent examiner's report for the year ended 31 March 2025.
Reference and administrative details
Registered charity name Wimpy Park Community Group
Charity registration number $C047539 _ ee Bankers Bank of Scotland Units 22/23 Thistles Shopping Centre Stirling FK8 2EA
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Wimpy Park Community Group
Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO)
Trustees' Annual Report (continued)
Year ended 31 March 2025
Structure, governance and management
Constitution
The Charity is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (a SCIO). The organisation was granted charitable status by OSCR on 28 June 2017.
Trustee recruitment and appointment
The management committee normally meets on a monthly basis and are the charity's trustees. Membership of the management committee is open to all the community.
Trustees are elected at the Annual General Meeting which is normally held in March. Under the constitution, there must be a minimum of three and not more than nine elected trustees. The trustees coopt a further three trustees if they consider it would be in the interests of the organisation to do so.
Management
The trustees are responsible for the strategic direction and governance of the group, whilst weekly or monthly tasks are delegated in group meetings. We also have several volunteers who assist on a regular basis.
The trustees are particularly aware of their responsibilities for Health and Safety, especially for the children. In addition to comprehensive insurance, our staff and volunteers all undergo disclosures under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme.
Objectives and activities
The objectives of the charity are:
To advance the community to make it a better and healthier place to live, work and play and to give people in poverty hope and experience of volunteering and making a difference to their lives and that of others in our area.
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Wimpy Park Community Group
Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO)
Trustees' Annual Report (continued)
Year ended 31 March 2025
Activities
Our activities are all about stimulating the community and encouraging their development in a safe and caring environment. Activities include many aspects of art & crafts, dance, drama, indoor & outdoor games, physical exercise, singing, team challenges and much more. We are also working with groups in our area to give people with disabilities or disadvantages a chance to work in their community.
Achievements and performance
February/March 2024
We secured a total of £37,000 funding for a large play tower from UK Shared Prosperity Fund and Lottery small grants. This equipment was installed late December early January after consultation with the local community and schools to identify what piece of equipment they wanted to see in the park. To date this has been very well received keeping the community busy and enjoying the facilities during the last few months.
February 2024
Open garden Sunday group starting to meet to carry out preparation work in community garden. Activities include cutting back shrubs and trees, de weeding raised beds, turning soil and adding new soil to raised beds areas. Planning for upcoming planting season. Discussing plans for applying for CSET funding application. General tidy up of all areas with the park.
March/April 2024
Clackmannanshire Stirling Environmental Trust secured £8,250 funding to work on project with local schools TCV and community volunteers. We managed to make improvements to existing paths, as well as improving access for disability users around the raised beds areas. It also enabled us to introduce recycled seating and picnic benches. We also purchased bird baths and fitted solar lighting within the community garden area. Most of the work incorporated planting shrubs plants and pollinators to help increase wildlife and biodiversity around the community garden. Kids and Volunteers also built bug hotels during this project.
Easter event April 2024
Over 260 kids and parents from the local community attended the event. This year we decided to bring more fun and games into the event. We organized as well as the easter egg hunt, small, sided competitions and different types of fun games and activities. This was very well received by the community. We also built on our previous experience with our arts and crafts tables and volunteer who helped deliver this on the day.
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Wimpy Park Community Group
Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO)
Trustees' Annual Report (continued)
Year ended 31 March 2025
Achievements and performance (continued)
Bounce in the Park held over the weekend of 10[th] 11[th] May
Again, Wimpy Park welcomed visitors from far and wide, many people traveling from outside of the local authority area to take part in this annual event. It was well attended with over 750 attending the Saturday and over 600 attending on the Sunday. This event has gone ahead over the last 2 years and has attracted lots of individuals from outside of our area. It has helped us raise the profile of our group and the area we live in.
July 20[th] , 2024, Community Fun Day
Funday was held on Saturday the 20[th] July and the community came out in huge numbers, with over 1200 attending our annual funday. Everyone had a great time in the wimpy park with inflatables, small fairground rides, foam party, face painters, animal man, local stalls and of course our fun games. It was a great day to bring people together and a day to allow families to come and be together in our area. We also took up the opportunity to consult with the community regarding the proposed new addition of play equipment. 3 different types of boat were shown to the community to get their views and decide what boat was most popular. Events like these help us to bring together not only families but also communities. Partnerships keep growing with more groups and organisations are asking to get involved. Special thanks must go to all who help us make this possible, those who came on the day, those who helped on the day, those who donated gifts for raffles and to the companies whose donations make it all possible. Without the help of all these people we cannot do the things we do, and to see you the community come out in such huge numbers makes it all worthwhile. All proceeds we raised go back to the upkeep of the park and help keep costs of future events low.
August/September 2024 ongoing HSBC Application
Financial Inclusion, this project proposal aimed to support the health and wellbeing of the most vulnerable people across our communities. Providing a safe space for all age groups from preschool children to our elderly community members. The project will provide opportunities to participate in gardening programmes, play and socialising which alleviates isolation amongst our most vulnerable individuals.
Gardening and being among nature have been shown to improve mental and physical health. It is increasingly acknowledged that gardens and green spaces are associated with better physical, social, and mental health. Play improves the cognitive, physical, social, and emotional well-being of children and young people. Through play, children learn about the world and themselves. They also learn skills they need for study, work and relationships such as confidence.
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Wimpy Park Community Group
Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO)
Trustees' Annual Report (continued)
Year ended 31 March 2025
Achievements and performance (continued)
August ongoing Forth Climate Forest
The Wimpy Park was wasted ground when the community took ownership with a 19-year lease. We have made significant progress on developing the area into a much-loved thriving green space. Working in partnership with Stirling University – Forth Climate Forest we have introduced AGRI Sound Polly Devises. Through continued community engagement and partnership working we have been able to make this a community asset and environmental and biodiversity space for local community groups to work and develop their own designated areas within the community garden.
October November Phase 3 ongoing Community Place Based Funding
Phase 3 of our plan aims to highlight and educate young people about our local history, heritage, and culture. The park and surrounding areas have a wealth of history and culture that we wish to explore with schools and wider community. The Tower play area is our initial feature, and the boat will be our second feature linking into our history. The larger part of phase 3 will include our Great Explorers programme where the community and school can research our heritage and create a history trail in the park and develop material for a web site to be hosted by The Alloa Hub. We were successful in securing the funding to install the play boat, install new benches and get signage to depict both the tower and the boat relating to the history of the Alloa Tower and the old Docks of Alloa.
October 2024
Our annual Halloween Zombie walk was held at the end of October. We worked in partnership with the Councils CLD TEAM, Rotary club of Alloa, Fire cadets, Air cadet’s local schools and the Community house in Alloa. On top of this over 25 volunteers from the local community turned out to help manage and organise the event. Over 830 people attended this event from the local and wider community. Feedback was excellent with everyone commenting how good and well organised this event was. This event has become a well-established event yearly and everyone looks forward to it. It brings lots of people together and is getting bigger and better every year.
December 2024
During December we had our annual Christmas events which included meet and storytelling with Santa as well as the pensioners Christmas lunch. This year we were fortunate to receive donations from some of the local supermarkets to help to give the pensioners some welcomed gifts. We worked in partnership with the CLD team as well as Clax 1400 to deliver these events. Around 85 kids attended, and we had around 35 pensioners for their Christmas lunch.
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Wimpy Park Community Group
Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO)
Trustees' Annual Report (continued)
Year ended 31 March 2025
Achievements and performance (continued)
January 2025
The group started to plan again for the year ahead and get prepared for the coming years events. We also tidied up community garden, emptied raised beds and got ready for the new planting season ahead. We prepared for the Scottish parliament visit to Wimpy. Also planning and preparation for Kings award for voluntary service assessment panel visit early February.
We came together as a group of residents in 2017 to form the Wimpy Park Community Group and through community consultations and events our plans and efforts are always based on our engagement and consultations with our community, to further enhance and enrich resources within our community. We identified our aims and objectives these being to reinstate a play park, football area and community gardens. We manged to secure a 20-year lease from the local authority to bring this derelict area back into community use. We have managed to reinstate the play park and football area and have made positive progress on the gardens. Through lots of community engagement and partnership working between the local authority, NHS, Schools, FV College and third sector partners we have made this a community asset used by many residents and visitors to the area. Providing a focal point in the community which brings all age groups together, to socialise, work and participate in shared learning experiences.
Financial review
During the year ended 31 March 2025, total income of the Charity was £49,266 (2024: £98,545).
Our main sources of funding this year was grant income of £40,404 (2024: £90,272). Income of £8,862 (2024: £8,273) was also made from donations and fundraising events.
Expenditure for the year was £49,805 (2024: £107,063) resulting in a deficit for the year of £539 (2024: deficit £8,518).
Reserves policy
The trustees' policy is to maintain reserves at around 2-3 months of normal running costs in order to meet commitments and to cover any unexpected expenditure.
The policy is to ensure reserves do not fall below £500.
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Wimpy Park Community Group
Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO)
Trustees’ Annual Report (continued)
Year ended 31 March 2025
Risk management
The trustees have examined the risks faced by the charity and are satisfied that they are able to mitigate significant risks.
Trustee remuneration and expenses
The trustees did not receive any remuneration during the year.
Plans for future periods
The trustees intend to continue to develop the service that the organisation provides for the benefit of everyone in the community.
Grants
Finally, we would like to thank all the organisations that provided us with grants during the year.
Without these funds, we would not be able to carry out most of the work we do.
The trustees’ annual report was approved on 10 June 2025 and signed on behalf of the board of trustees by: / ee
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Wimpy Park Community Group
Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO)
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Wimpy Park Community Group
Year ended 31 March 2025
I report on the accounts of the charity SC047539 for the year ended 31 March 2025, which are set out on pages 1 to 13.
Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 (‘the 2005 Act’) and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended).
The charity trustees consider that the audit requirements under Part 16 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations does not apply. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts as required under section 44 (1)(c) of the 2005 Act and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent examiner’s statement
My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeks explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.
Independent examiner’s statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matter has come to my attention:
- 1 which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 44(1)(a) of the 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounting Regulations, and
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with Regulation 9 of the 2006 Regulations have not been met, or
- 2 to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
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Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO)
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Wimpy Park Community Group (continued) Year ended 31 March 2025
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| 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.
For and on behalf of Simply Books 123
Alloa Business Centre
Whins Road Alloa FK10 3SA
Date: 10 June 2025
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Wimpy Park Community Group
Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO)
Statement of Receipts and Payments
Year ended 31 March 2025
| Unrestricted funds Note £ Receipts Voluntary receipts Donations and gift aid 3 3,542 Grants 4 - Fundraising 5,320 Receipts from charitable activities - Total receipts 8,862 Payments Cost of fundraising 5,202 Cost of charitable activities 5 2,997 Purchase of equipment - Total payments 8,199 663 Transfers between funds - for the year 663 Total funds at 31 March 2024 3,936 Total funds at 31 March 2025 4,599 Excess of receipts over payments for the year before transfers Excess of receipts over payments |
Restricted funds £ - 40,404 - - 40,404 - 6,845 34,761 41,606 (1,202) - (1,202) 3,257 2,055 2025 |
Total funds £ 3,542 40,404 5,320 - 49,266 5,202 9,842 34,761 49,805 (539) - (539) 7,193 6,654 |
2024 Total funds £ 4,501 90,272 3,772 - 98,545 5,120 5,650 96,293 107,063 (8,518) - (8,518) 15,711 7,193 |
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The notes on pages 12 to 13 form part of these financial statements
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Wimpy Park Community Group
Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO)
Statement of Balances
Year ended 31 March 2025
| 2025 | 2024 | |||
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| Unrestricted | Restricted | |||
| funds | funds | Total | Total | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Funds reconciliation | ||||
| Opening cash at bank and in hand | 3,936 | 3,257 | 7,193 | 15,741 |
| Excess of receipts over payments for | ||||
| the year | 663 | (1,202) | (539) | (8,518) |
| Closing cash at bank and in hand | 4,599 | 2,055 | 6,654 | 7,193 |
| Bank and cash balances | ||||
| Bank deposit account | 4,323 | 2,055 | 6,378 | 6,428 |
| Cash in hand | 276 | - | 276 | 765 |
| 4,599 | 2,055 | 6,654 | 7,193 | |
| Other assets (unrestricted fund) | ||||
| Benches | 5,009 | 5,009 | ||
| Floodlights | 262 | 262 | ||
| Gardening equipment and lawnmowers | 15,142 | 4,745 | ||
| MagPost | 364 | 364 | ||
| Mini fridge | 90 | 90 | ||
| Outdoor generators and batteries | 1,794 | 1,794 | ||
| Outdoor grill | 386 | 386 | ||
| Park benches and tables | 4,667 | 672 | ||
| Play park equipment | 122,953 | 110,024 | ||
| Shed | 3,500 | 3,500 | ||
| Sporting equipment and generator | 3,600 | 4,100 | ||
| Tent / gazebo | 500 | 500 | ||
| 158,267 | 131,446 |
Wimpy Park Community Group has no liabilities or contingent liabilities.
These financial statements were approved by the board of trustees and authorised for issue on 10 June 2025, and are signed on behalf of the board by:
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The notes on pages 12 to 13 form part of these financial statements
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Wimpy Park Community Group
Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO)
Notes to the financial statements
Year ended 31 March 2025
1 Basis of accounting
These financial statements have been prepared on the Receipts & Payments basis in accordance with the Charities & Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended).
2 Nature and purpose of funds
Unrestricted funds are those that may be used at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the objects of the charity. The trustees maintain a single unrestricted fund for the day-to-day running of the Group.
| 3 Donations Anglia Maltings Asda B & M Alloa Charities Trust Clackmannanshire Council Community donation - E Armour Fatboys Vans Forth Environment Link Kerry Foods Kingdom Housing Association Lodge Alloa Mower Sale Mr Whippy Ices Ochil View Housing Association Rotary Club S Stockes Retail & Bounce Sauchie Juniors FC 4 Grants received Arnold Clark Asda Foundation CAF Clackmannanshire Council Forth Environment Groundwork UK Environmental Trust Lottery grant The Robertson Trust |
Unrestricted funds £ 1,200 400 20 - - - 100 50 - - 250 1,100 100 - 80 220 22 3,542 - - - - - - - - - - |
Restricted funds £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1,000 2,000 8,353 22,271 3,280 1,000 - - 2,500 40,404 2025 |
Total £ 1,200 400 20 - - - 100 50 - - 250 1,100 100 - 80 220 22 3,542 1,000 2,000 8,353 22,271 3,280 1,000 - - 2,500 40,404 |
2024 Total £ - - - 500 1,140 601 - - 700 500 250 - - 250 (100) 460 200 4,501 - - - 75,368 - - 4,404 10,000 500 90,272 |
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Wimpy Park Community Group
Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO)
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
Year ended 31 March 2025
| 5 Cost of charitable activities Donations Garden plants and supplies Insurance Legal and professional fees Printing and stationery Rent Sundry equipment and tools Training Uniforms Volunteer expenses |
Unrestricted funds £ - - 1,634 540 28 - - 490 284 21 2,997 |
Restricted funds £ - 4,489 - - - - 2,356 - - - 6,845 2025 |
Total £ - 4,489 1,634 540 28 - 2,356 490 284 21 9,842 |
2024 Total £ 25 1,424 1,559 1,149 28 108 1,298 - - 59 5,650 |
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6 Related party transactions
No remuneration or expenses was paid to the trustees or to any connected persons during the year.
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