REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 04635536 (England and Wales)

REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1097752

Report of the Trustees and

Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

for

Haringey Play Association

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Report of the Trustees

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Independent Examiner's Report

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Statement of Financial Activities

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Balance Sheet

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Notes to the Financial Statements

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The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025. 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

Haringey Play Association supports children & young people's right to play through building the capacity of Haringey's community at grass roots and local governmental level to provide high quality play services.

HarPA will do this by:

1. Developing and supporting a diverse range of children & young people's play provision committed to improving the quality of play experience in Haringey

2. Supporting play providers through representing their interests, providing advice, information, training and promoting inter-agency communication and cooperation

3. Giving a powerful voice to children's play, raising awareness and understanding of the fundamental importance of play in a child & young person's life

Statement of Purpose

Haringey Play Association wants every child & young person to have high quality, cost effective and accessible play opportunities and care services which are monitored and evaluated.

HarPA recognises that play is an essential part of the education, development and welfare of children. It is committed to improving the quality of the play experience wherever it occurs: on the streets, in play-schemes, play centres, after school clubs, parks, housing estates, in leisure facilities, on residential holidays and camping trips, in schools and hospitals.

HarPA will work to create and support play opportunities that are stimulating and challenging. HarPA is committed to playing its full part in protecting children & young people from injury, bullying and abuse.

HarPA will work towards ensuring equality of access to play so that no child is denied play opportunities because of inability to pay fees, failure to include children & young people with disabilities, children & young people with health problems, or children & young people from new communities.

HarPA will work to support positive transitions at every stage of children & young people's development to help enhance their life chances.

To achieve these aims, HarPA will explore new ways of working in partnership with play service providers, including Haringey Council, other statutory agencies and community, voluntary organisations and private sector. HarPA will attempt to link up with a wide range of existing networks to improve information sharing, coordination of services and to maximise the impact of available skills and expertise.

Significant activities

Haringey Play Association [HarPA] retained and expanded services throughout 2024-25. Income generated through funding bids, commissioned services, and donations was used to provide Play and community provisions & projects.

List of Funders 2024-2025:

- Individual donations and crowdfunding

- Awards for All

- Children in Need (main grant)

- Dept of Education / LBH - HAF Holiday

- LBH - Tottenham Regeneration Forest School Fridays

- LBH - High Road West Regeneration - Love Lane play sessions

- Tottenham Grammar Foundation

- LCF - Peabody grant

- UK Youth

- Fidelity International

- Lords Foundation

- Haringey commission

- Go! London

- London Mayor's Office - Violence Reduction Unit - HLP Fridays

- Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Forest School Fridays

Somerford Grove Adventure Playground After School & Holiday Play sessions:

Our open-access, free-of-charge play sessions are open to young people aged 6yrs-16yrs - activities include free play, swings, slide, running, hiding, arts & crafts, soft archery, dodgeball, group games, table football, cooking, climbing, jumping-off platforms, campfire & outdoor cooking, nature play & forest schools activities, sand-pit, water-play, den-building, soft archery, wood-craft, hand tools, play structure building and trips.

Site Development at Somerford Grove Adventure Playground

Build Up - Somerford Grove Adventure Playground's new drop slide was completed and opened in June 2024. Funded by Build Up, designed and built by young people and volunteers, our newest attraction is complete with an amazing Dragon adorning the structure. The drop slide is truly fearsome, more than 4 meters high, with a drop of 3 meters, starting with 1.5 meters of vertical incline. For both adults and children, going down the slide is a significant undertaking, although once mastered it becomes as easy as riding a bike. The process of sitting on the edge for the first time, looking down at the sheer drop beneath you, causes even the coolest head to start swimming. Time and time again, we see young people face their fears, struggle with the intellectual and physical response to perceived risk and try to overcome their internal resistance. Sometimes it takes minutes. Sometimes it takes months of repeated attempts and failures. The surge of confidence, excitement, self-belief and 'joyful aliveness' after their first successful trip down is magnificent to witness.

New platforms & play structures - HarPA staff / onsite playground builders Jake Hally-Milne and Tam Carrigan worked with children and students from Haringey Learning partnership to build a new platform, climbing net, and a slide for younger children

Mud Kitchen area - a corner of the playground has evolved into a bustling and productive mud kitchen (which still needs development). Utilising old pots, pans and cooking utensils we have enjoyed seeing children and young people getting deep into imaginative play, running fantasy restaurants, commercial kitchens and roleplaying as YouTube chefs.

Disabled toilet and baby changing area refurbishment - A local resident donated funds to get new fire doors for the main hall and refurbish our disabled toilet and baby changing area in 2024.

Regular Programme

Sisterhood - On Tuesdays during term time, our long running after-school girls group Sisterhood continued for another successful year. Sisterhood is a free-of-charge, safe space successfully engaging girls from 6-16 years old, with a combination of play and youthwork delivered on site at Somerford Grove Adventure Playground. The tightknit group continue to grow older together and consolidate long term connections with each other, the playground, and their playful 'becoming' selves. The staff support the group's autonomy and create space for the young people to explore, play and spend time with friends. Play activities are offered on a voluntarily basis, children can engage in being who they want to be, without judgement or the need to justify, taking part in age-appropriate workshops and creative projects if they wish. Girls improve their skills-range, improve their self-esteem and resilience, and increase their access to physical activity. We also encourage the girls to take part in workshops on a range of topics of interest to teenagers. This year, we completed our successful acrobatics and gymnastics partnership with Go! London and Upswing called 'Flipping Fun'. Another highlight this year was a spontaneous child-led activity, when the girls found an abandoned old Wide Screen TV on the street, and decided to put on gloves and eye protectors and smash it up, proceeding to spend a happy few hours looking inside and picking apart the electrics.

Youth Club - At the start of the Spring academic term we initiated a new funding partnership, with support from Peabody and Haringey Council. This enabled us to open our Wednesday youth club session to a wider age range and expand to a fully open access session welcoming children from 6 to 16 yrs old. We also initiated a new partnership with Tottenham Hotspur Football Club via Home Cooked, a violence reduction programme funded by the Mayor of London's Violence Reduction Unit. In the MUGA astro cage, coaches from Spurs hosted afterschool football training and matches. This partnership has proved popular with our regulars and signalled the start of a new collaborative approach to youth engagement in our immediate local area, which we are proud to contribute towards. The Youth Club afterschool sessions experienced a surge of high attendance numbers in Autumn 2024, and sessions continue to provide free play opportunities and a safe place for young people to spend time together. We also increased our snack and hot food provision, providing something for the children to eat afterschool.

Forest School - Our Friday afterschool provision in partnership with Wild About Woods continued into its second year. Supported by Haringey Council, these drop-in activities take place during our usual free-play sessions, and are run by a professional Forest School Teacher, giving young people the opportunity to learn and play in nature. The activities are wide-ranging and always popular, including outdoor cooking on an open fire, creative arts using natural materials as well as seasonal play activities. Other activities include building campfires, making nettle crisps and wood whittling. Our conker championship was fiercely competitive and the queue for campfire pancakes stretched around the playground. Like our Wednesday sessions, Friday sessions are now open to our full age range from 6 -16 yrs old and include an expanded hot food and snack provision.

Stay and Play - During the summer academic term 2024, we launched a new day-time provision on Monday mornings from 9.00am to 12.00midday funded by Peabody. The session is a community focused stay and play provision for parents and carers and their children under 6 yrs, taking place outdoors at Somerford Grove Adventure Playground as well as indoors in our meeting room and events hall. Supervised by an experienced playworker, the session is designed to facilitate peer support and model freely initiated, sensory and imaginative play. The sessions Attendance gradually grew over the summer months in 2024 and have developed into a popular fixture in our weekly programme with a regular network of parents and carers attending.

HAF Holiday Activity & Food programme - Once again, HarPA was funded by Haringey Council & Dept of Education to provide hot meals and holiday activities for children and young people aged 6 - 16 yrs old during school holidays. This provided the backbone of our school holiday provision, running across the long summer break, half terms and easter, and a limited run of sessions over the winter break. The sessions were open in the morning for families and open to under 6s if supervised by parents/carers. Highlights included water fights, dance competitions, baking & a new spontaneously formed Play Association Council - initiated by young people during May Half term 2024.

Primary School Visits - Our partnership with Mulberry Primary School continued, hosting Reception and Yr1 classes for 2hrs every Wednesday throughout summer term 23/24, through to Autumn and Spring 24/25 .

Haringey Learning Partnership Construction project for students excluded from mainstream education - on Fridays during term time we continued to host groups from Haringey Learning Partnership, funded by Mayor of London's Violence Reduction Unit. The sessions are led by experienced playworkers and construction professionals. The 14-16yr old students conducted repairs on the playground, learnt basic woodwork and picked up fundamental construction skills including safe use of hand tools and power tools, all guided by HarPA staff.

Haringey Play Association

HarPA's role continues as a support organisation and provide lead for children and young people's Play services across the borough; providing Playworkers and play guidance and support, advice and information on all aspects of Play & Playwork to groups and individuals who request it. In addition, we have also provided youth & community provisions.

Haringey Play Association - social media: HarPA updates the website regularly www.haringey-play.org.uk as well as regularly updating our Twitter feed and Instagram. Follow us on Twitter: @HarPAofficial (1.8k followers). HarPA also has a LinkedIn page. We have two Instagram accounts @sisterhood_girls_project and @somerford_adventure. We also have a YouTube channel - Haringey Play Association - featuring short films and montage edits featured on our channel.

The Felix Project & Food bank - Thursday and Saturday HarPA staff and volunteers set up tables to offer food, fruit, vegetables, bread, pastries and pasta, tins, rice etc. Felix Project collects surplus food and food that will no longer be shelved due to packaging or change of stock, from food suppliers and supermarkets. HarPA staff distributed the food and items to local community, x112 local residents/families collected food from us over the year.

Estate play: Sandbunker Play Project - Alongside our regular sessions at our base in Somerford Grove Adventure Playground, we also delivered satlight play sessions at Sand Bunker, thanks to funding from Haringey Council. Drop-in activities included skipping with the big rope, tug of war, arts and crafts and soft archery. Funded by HAF. based on the Sandlings Estate in Noel Park, Wood Green. HarPA provided play sessions for 3 days a week (Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays) 12:30pm-4pm for Easter and Summer holidays. The play sessions included outdoor play with loose parts, crafts, slime making, skipping, den building, soft archery, water play and we also had access to the Sandbunker Community Project.

Play sessions Love Lane playground: commissioned by High Road West Regeneration Team. HarPA Playworkers delivered play sessions in the new Love Lane playground to help activate the space. The play sessions included loose parts.

National Play Day 2024: This year for National Play Day we hosted a large-scale open access community fun day, centred around Somerford Grove but incorporating the MUGA cage and open green space behind the playground. We hosted a range of activities including an amazing pop-up play activity from 'Monkey Do', who strung up nets and giant inflatable balls in nearby trees, a glitter bar, sound system and bubble van, and acrobatics end of programme showcase from Flipping Fun and Upswing. HarPA provided free halal hotdogs, ice poles and refreshments. We were particularly proud to invite two of Tottenham's most well-loved and highly respected youth workers and sports coaches - Hesketh Benoit and Clasford Stirling MBE - to host basketball sessions and football training sessions respectively. Clasford's academy London Elite is well known for their long running work in Broadwater Farm, and we were happy to help break down post-code divisions by welcoming his team of coaches led by his son Jude to Northumberland Park. The sessions were well attended and a great success. Overall, the event was attended by over 300 local people and proved a resounding success.

Trips - throughout the year we took the children and young people on several successful trips off site. Highlights included a Trampolining trip in June 2024, Sisterhood Girls group visiting our corporate partner Fidelity's offices at St. Pauls, group trips adventure playgrounds in neighbouring boroughs, our yearly Christmas Panto trip and a summer trip to the seaside - taking 80 of our most regular children and young people, plus assorted parents and carers, to Broadstairs for a day of fun playing in the sea and enjoying a picnic on the beach.

Advocacy and Funding

Play Sector Advocacy - In the first quarter of 2025, our director Sereena Keymatlian made significant contributions to the 'think tank' Centre of Children's Lives - Play Commission (funded by Paul Lindley and Chaired by Baroness Anne Longfield), Sereena attending round table discussions, submitted evidence and coordinating peers from the Adventure Playgrounds across England to advocate for the importance of adventure playgrounds. Haringey Play Association was featured I the final report "It all starts with play" as one of the case studies. Since the report launch, Play England have been instrumental in setting up an APPG for play which we hope will lead to a National Play Strategy.

Eastbourne Play Conference - We were delighted to receive the "Play & Community Development" award at the 2025 National Play work Award Ceremony at Eastbourne Play Conference. To be recognised by our peers and colleagues in the sector was a significant moment for us as a charity, and our delegation enjoyed a range of talks and discussions, including a keynote speech from Sereena on "Haringey Play Association - A Playworkers journey" and "Play Memories of Haringey - short film"

Corporate partner Fidelity International - We continued to enjoy the support of Fidelity International as main designated charity partner, ongoing from January 2023-December 2025 (3yrs programme). The partnership with continued to reap dividends, both in terms of social impact and crucial funding support. Regular volunteer groups helped with upkeep and renovations at the playground, a CSR quiz night raised over £10,000, and Fidelity's 'Secret Santa' initiative saw staff kindly purchase and wrap individual Christmas presents for 50 of our most regular attendees - gifting each child to a toy of their choice, up to a value of £40 each. These gifts made a huge impact to our local families in the run up to Christmas.

Venue hire, parties and events: HarPA staff have been commissioned to work at events as Playworkers. We have also generated income through party packages and venue hire at Somerford Grove Adventure Playground.

HarPA Partnerships - 2024-2025

- Build Up

- CAMHS / Trailblazers

- Fidelity International

- Haringey Council

- Hackney Play Association

- Haringey Community Gold

- Haringey Learning Partnership

- Homerton Adventure Playground

- High Road West Regeneration Team

- HTA Design LLP

- Jakes Gardens

- London Play

- Lords / Lords Foundation

- Make Do-Play

- Mulberry Primary School

- NLCP

- North London Scouts District

- Outlandish

- Pats Tree Surgery

- St Paul of All Hallows

- Time to Spare (Plinth)

- The Felix Project

- The Sandbunker community project

- Tottenham Grammar Foundation

- Tottenham Hotspur Foundation

- Tottenham Hotspur Football Club

- Tottenham Regeneration team

- Wild About Our Woods

- 20 20 Project

RISK ASSESSMENT

The trustees actively review the major risks faced by the charity. The trustees have identified the major financial risks faced by the charity. They have also examined other operational and business risks faced and systems have been established to mitigate the significant risks.

RESERVES POLICY

In accordance with the SORP 2015, reserves are "resources the charity has or can make available to spend, for any or all the charity's purposes, once it has met its commitments and covered its other planned expenditure".

HarPA will endeavour to maintain sufficient reserves to allow it to cover known liabilities and contingencies, absorb setbacks and take advantage of change and opportunity.

HarPA's reserves levels are agreed and annually reviewed by HarPA's Management Board. To set reserves levels, the Management Board uses a risk identification approach and considers the following:

" Forecasts of income and expenditure in future years

" Assessment of risks and liabilities, the likelihood of risks occurring, the impact these would have, and the potential ability of the organization to manage these

HarPA's funds are made up of the following:

Public benefit

How HarPA's work benefits the public in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2006.

The work is of direct benefit to people in need due to a number of factors including: financial hardship and disability. We work predominantly with young people in an area of financial hardship with a strong emphasis on inclusion. It also enables the advancement of citizenship and community development through working to promote participation and to empower people to influence and develop their own services.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Reserves policy

In accordance with the SORP 2015, reserves are "resources the charity has or can make available to spend, for any or all the charity's purposes, once it has met its commitments and covered its other planned expenditure".

HarPA will endeavour to maintain sufficient reserves to allow it to cover known liabilities and contingencies, absorb setbacks and take advantage of change and opportunity.

HarPA's reserves levels are agreed and annually reviewed by HarPA's Management Board. To set reserves levels, the Management Board uses a risk identification approach and considers the following:

- Forecasts of income and expenditure in future years

- Assessment of risks and liabilities, the likelihood of risks occurring, the impact these would have, and the potential ability of the organization to manage these

Funds

Restricted funds:

These are not considered as part of HarPA's reserves, and have no cash value in managing risks, liabilities and contingencies. They consist of:

- Income specifically restricted by donor(s)

- Tangible fixed assets fund: this represents the net book value of the building, and the net book value of office and other equipment for which we previously received capital funding and depreciates annually.

Designated funds:

HarPA Management Board have set up properly designated funds for defined purposes, considering particular risks to which the organisation is exposed, and our strategic plans for meeting our charitable objectives. These funds are not considered as part of HarPA's reserves. The Management Board can use its discretion to apply these funds for another purpose if required. Due to the current financial situation, this fund has been undesignated in this year's accounts.

Designated funds should, as soon as possible be set aside as follows:

- Maternity and Sick Leave Liabilities, Redundancy liabilities: £11,700

- £5,000 to cover potential maternity leave for one member of staff, and £3,400 to cover potential sick leave at one average worker cost x 6 weeks.

- An Insurance Contingency fund will be kept to cover loss of essential assets and equipment which can't be claimed against contents insurance due to £500 excess, given the high number of break ins that result in low level loss.

General funds:

These make up HarPA's free reserves. HarPA will aim towards holding sufficient free reserves to meet at least 3 months running costs, to enable HarPA to provide reliable services over the long term, and to provide a basic safety net against dramatic long-term swings in income or costs, and sufficient time to replace lost major sources of income through fundraising.

To achieve this aim, the Management Board will take the following action:

- Development of a robust strategic annual plan for HarPA's development

- Ensuring the development and monitoring of a fundraising strategy which identifies specific, realistic and timed targets for fundraising and income generation, to meet current service commitments and plans for future development laid out in the strategic plan.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Governing document

The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006.

Organisational structure

The company is governed by an elected Management Board who are play professionals, representatives of member organisations and managers of related services, or volunteers with relevant skills and experience, elected by members at the Annual General Meeting.

The Management Board may at any time appoint any members of the charitable company as a member of the Management Board either to fill a vacancy or by way of addition to the Management Board. Potential new Management Board members are only appointed after satisfactory completion of a DBS check, two references, and a statement of eligibility and observation of Management Board meetings. On appointment, they are expected to sign a Code of Conduct and complete an induction. All Management Board members are expected to attend an annual development day which also considers any other committee training and development needs.

The staff are managed by the Director, who is appointed and accountable to the Management Board. The Board makes final decisions of the mission, values and strategic direction of the organisation; the organisational structure, personnel appointments and salaries; policies and procedures and internal controls; ensuring the organisation is financially viable, has sufficient resources, and is operating within appropriate and effective financial and resource management controls, and monitoring of organisational performance.

All members of the Management Board are members of the company and guarantee to contribute to the assets of the company in the event of it being wound up such amounts as may be required not exceeding £1.

Risk management

The trustees actively review the major risks faced by the charity. The trustees have identified the major financial risks faced by the charity. They have also examined other operational and business risks faced and systems have been established to mitigate the significant risks.

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

Registered Company number

04635536 (England and Wales)

Registered Charity number

1097752

Registered office

Somerford Grove Community Project

Park Lane Close

London

N17 0HL

Trustees

Ms P A Clarke

C Brigstocke

Ms J Daly

M De'Ath

S Dougall Treasurer

A Jeyte

Ms M B Mansfield Chair

Ms C N O'Leary (appointed 14.12.24)

Ms P I Robbins

Company Secretary

Ms P A Clarke

Independent Examiner

Ark Accountancy Limited

Chartered Certified Accountant

56-58 High Street

Ewell

Epsom

Surrey

KT17 1RW

Approved by order of the board of trustees on 13 December 2025 and signed on its behalf by:

S Dougall - Trustee

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Haringey Play Association ('the Company')

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity's trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act').

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under Section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner's statement

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

1.	accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by Section 386 of the 2006 Act; or

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

3.	the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of Section 396 of the 2006 Act 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; or

4.

the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)).

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.

Mary E Ryan FCCA

Ark Accountancy Limited

Chartered Certified Accountant

56-58 High Street

Ewell

Epsom

Surrey

KT17 1RW

15 December 2025

31.3.25

31.3.24

Unrestricted

Restricted

Total

Total

funds

funds

funds

funds

Notes

£

£

£

£

INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM

Donations and legacies

96,073

114,515

210,588

218,878

Investment income

2

5,261

-

5,261

2,372

Other income

2,298

-

2,298

1,000

Total

103,632

114,515

218,147

222,250

EXPENDITURE ON

Charitable activities

General activities- playground

74,117

129,699

203,816

234,785

NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)

29,515

(15,184

)

14,331

(12,535

)

RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS

Total funds brought forward

83,659

33,382

117,041

129,576

TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD

113,174

18,198

131,372

117,041

31.3.25

31.3.24

Unrestricted

Restricted

Total

Total

funds

funds

funds

funds

Notes

£

£

£

£

FIXED ASSETS

Tangible assets

7

3,928

11,695

15,623

27,066

CURRENT ASSETS

Debtors

8

4,476

-

4,476

470

Cash at bank

123,109

6,503

129,612

110,441

127,585

6,503

134,088

110,911

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due within one year

9

(18,339

)

-

(18,339

)

(20,936

)

NET CURRENT ASSETS

109,246

6,503

115,749

89,975

TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES

113,174

18,198

131,372

117,041

NET ASSETS

113,174

18,198

131,372

117,041

FUNDS

10

Unrestricted funds

113,174

83,659

Restricted funds

18,198

33,382

TOTAL FUNDS

131,372

117,041

The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 March 2025.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for

(a)	ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and

(b)

preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company.

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 13 December 2025 and were signed on its behalf by:

S Dougall - Trustee

1.	ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements

The financial statements of the charitable company, 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 Companies Act 2006. 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

Land and buildings and other fixed assets are shown at original historical cost. Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life by the straight line method;

Adventure playground and offices 2% over the remainder of the life of the lease

Improvements to the playground 3% on cost

Taxation

The charity is exempt from corporation 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.

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits

The charitable company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charitable company's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.

2.	INVESTMENT INCOME

31.3.25

31.3.24

£

£

Rents received

3,461

1,480

Deposit account interest

1,800

892

5,261

2,372

3.	NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)

Net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting):

31.3.25

31.3.24

£

£

Depreciation - owned assets

11,443

29,235

4.	TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 March 2025 nor for the year ended 31 March 2024.

Trustees' expenses

There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 March 2025 nor for the year ended 31 March 2024.

5.	STAFF COSTS

The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:

31.3.25

31.3.24

Project staff

6

6

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

6.	COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

Unrestricted

Restricted

Total

funds

funds

funds

£

£

£

INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM

Donations and legacies

109,973

108,905

218,878

Investment income

2,372

-

2,372

Other income

1,000

-

1,000

Total

113,345

108,905

222,250

EXPENDITURE ON

Charitable activities

General activities- playground

94,300

140,485

234,785

NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)

19,045

(31,580

)

(12,535

)

RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS

Total funds brought forward

64,614

64,962

129,576

TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD

83,659

33,382

117,041

7.	TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Improvements

Short

to

leasehold

property

Totals

£

£

£

COST

At 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025

549,167

66,171

615,338

DEPRECIATION

At 1 April 2024

539,460

48,812

588,272

Charge for year

9,707

1,736

11,443

At 31 March 2025

549,167

50,548

599,715

NET BOOK VALUE

At 31 March 2025

-

15,623

15,623

At 31 March 2024

9,707

17,359

27,066

8.	DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

31.3.25

31.3.24

£

£

Accrued income

4,120

-

Prepayments

356

470

4,476

470

9.	CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

31.3.25

31.3.24

£

£

Trade creditors

640

343

Social security and other taxes

(35

)

(306

)

Other creditors

54

-

Accruals and deferred income

16,600

19,999

Accrued expenses

1,080

900

18,339

20,936

10.	MOVEMENT IN FUNDS

Net

movement

At

At 1.4.24

in funds

31.3.25

£

£

£

Unrestricted funds

General fund

71,959

29,515

101,474

Designated maternity, sickness & redundancy

11,700

-

11,700

83,659

29,515

113,174

Restricted funds

Building fund

7,564

(7,564

)

-

Operational fund

25,818

(7,620

)

18,198

33,382

(15,184

)

18,198

TOTAL FUNDS

117,041

14,331

131,372

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

Incoming

Resources

Movement

resources

expended

in funds

£

£

£

Unrestricted funds

General fund

103,632

(74,117

)

29,515

Restricted funds

Building fund

-

(7,564

)

(7,564

)

Operational fund

114,515

(122,135

)

(7,620

)

114,515

(129,699

)

(15,184

)

TOTAL FUNDS

218,147

(203,816

)

14,331

Comparatives for movement in funds

Net

movement

At

At 1.4.23

in funds

31.3.24

£

£

£

Unrestricted funds

General fund

52,914

19,045

71,959

Designated maternity, sickness & redundancy

11,700

-

11,700

64,614

19,045

83,659

Restricted funds

Building fund

34,870

(27,306

)

7,564

Operational fund

30,092

(4,274

)

25,818

64,962

(31,580

)

33,382

TOTAL FUNDS

129,576

(12,535

)

117,041

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

Incoming

Resources

Movement

resources

expended

in funds

£

£

£

Unrestricted funds

General fund

113,345

(94,300

)

19,045

Restricted funds

Building fund

-

(27,306

)

(27,306

)

Operational fund

108,905

(113,179

)

(4,274

)

108,905

(140,485

)

(31,580

)

TOTAL FUNDS

222,250

(234,785

)

(12,535

)

11.	RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 March 2025.