FRIENDS OF RODNEY ROAD CIC

Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
14825255 (England and Wales)

Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 30 April 2024

Period of accounts

Start date: 25 April 2023

End date: 30 April 2024

FRIENDS OF RODNEY ROAD CIC

Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 April 2024

Profit and loss
Balance sheet
Additional notes
Balance sheet notes
Community Interest Report

FRIENDS OF RODNEY ROAD CIC

Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 30 April 2024

2024


£
Turnover: 4,341
Cost of sales: ( 4,341 )
Gross profit(or loss): 0
Distribution costs: 0
Administrative expenses: ( 624 )
Other operating income: 0
Operating profit(or loss): (624)
Interest receivable and similar income: 0
Interest payable and similar charges: 0
Profit(or loss) before tax: (624)
Tax: 0
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: (624)

FRIENDS OF RODNEY ROAD CIC

Balance sheet

As at 30 April 2024

Notes 2024


£
Fixed assets
Intangible assets:   0
Tangible assets:   0
Investments:   0
Total fixed assets: 0
Current assets
Stocks:   0
Debtors:   0
Cash at bank and in hand: 1,742
Investments:   0
Total current assets: 1,742
Prepayments and accrued income: 0
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: 3 ( 1,742 )
Net current assets (liabilities): 0
Total assets less current liabilities: 0
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year:   0
Provision for liabilities: 0
Accruals and deferred income: 0
Total net assets (liabilities): 0
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: 0
Total members' funds: 0

The notes form part of these financial statements

FRIENDS OF RODNEY ROAD CIC

Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 30 April 2024 the company was entitled to exemption under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

These accounts have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

This report was approved by the board of directors on 19 January 2025
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Benjamin Newton
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

FRIENDS OF RODNEY ROAD CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 April 2024

  • 1. Accounting policies

    Basis of measurement and preparation

    These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Section 1A (Small Entities) of Financial Reporting Standard 102

FRIENDS OF RODNEY ROAD CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 April 2024

  • 2. Employees

    2024
    Average number of employees during the period 0

FRIENDS OF RODNEY ROAD CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 April 2024

3. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

2024
£
Bank loans and overdrafts 0
Amounts due under finance leases and hire purchase contracts 0
Trade creditors 1,742
Taxation and social security 0
Accruals and deferred income 0
Other creditors 0
Total 1,742

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

FRIENDS OF RODNEY ROAD CIC

Company Number: 14825255 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 30 April 2024

Company activities and impact

The company exists to serve the people and wildlife local to Rodney Road Playing Field in BS15, Bristol and its immediate surrounding area. The financial year 2023-24 was its inaugural year, and the CIC’s activities have been beneficial in the following ways: The CIC was successful in securing multi-year project funding from the West of England Combined Authority (WECA) as part of their Pollinator Fund, created to support community-led ecology projects that enhance biodiversity and pollinator habitats across the West of England region. Project activity funded by WECA in 23-24 included the planting of over 30k flowering bulbs, sowing meadow seed, planting 230 hedgerow and woodland whips and 7 young trees. The CIC Directors were the main point of contact for managing Community Interest Levy funds relating to the field, held in Bristol City Council accounts. The CIC engaged over 30 local volunteers and local councillors with regular planting activities and litter picks in Rodney Road Playing Field. Two local volunteers completed Health and Safety training with Bristol City Council Parks team, to support local planting sessions and future activities. The CIC Directors worked with Bristol City Council Parks team and the council’s Landscape Architect to create a concept design for the field, which was used as a basis for public consultation.

Consultation with stakeholders

The company’s stakeholders are residents local to Rodney Road Playing Field, as well as relevant wildlife interest groups and public bodies. The Directors of the CIC each live on an adjacent road to Rodney Road Playing Field and created the company in response to their own experience of living in the area and of wanting to improve the green space for the benefit of people and wildlife. The CIC consulted with an ecologist from Avon Valley Wildlife Trust to gain specialist advice about Rodney Road Playing Field and worked alongside stakeholders from Bristol City Council (BCC) – specifically the Parks team and the BCC Ecologist. This involved site visits as well as email consultation, and as a result BCC created a Concept Plan the CIC used to base future consultation and activity planning on. An online and in-person residents’ consultation was delivered in September 2023 using paper surveys and an online survey tool. CIC Directors and volunteers gave local people the opportunity to view concept plans for improvements to the playing field and asked for feedback. Over 500 leaflets were delivered to local houses with information about the consultation, posters were put up in local businesses and there were posts in local Facebook groups. 50 people responded to the final survey, with the overwhelming majority of those that responded positive about the proposed planting (flowering bulbs, wildflower meadow, trees). Other elements, such as natural play equipment and an accessible path, also had a positive response. Proposals for a new entrance on Freshland Way prompted comments from a vocal minority of concerned residents, who were not in favour. The decision was made to not take this part of the plan forward for the time being. The results of this survey and consultation were shared publicly in October 2023, and the results of the survey are available for anyone to view online via a shared link. The Directors of the CIC manage project activity alongside a core group of 10 volunteers, with which they are in regular contact and consultation. There are also 20 local people in a WhatsApp group and over 250 followers in a Friends of Rodney Road Facebook group, who are regularly updated and consulted with plans or activities.

Directors' remuneration

No remuneration was received

Transfer of assets

No transfer of assets other than for full consideration

This report was approved by the board of directors on
19 January 2025

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Sarah Madden
Status: Director