## Sandringham Estate Cottage Horticultural Society Trust Report of the Trustees for the Year 2024 

The society has charitable status, its objective is to encourage horticulture to promote a high standard of cultivation in the gardens on the Sandringham Estate and to mount its annual Flower Show, with profits from the show donated to local charities and good causes. It also supports the Kitchen Garden Group. The society’s committee members are volunteers. This year’s show was held in Sandringham Park on Wednesday 31[st] July 2024. 

The Flower Show included competitions for local gardeners, fruit, vegetables and flowers, miniature garden display, baking and preserves. There were also displays by local nurseries, horticulture firms and garden designers. There were trade and charity stands, and entertainment provided by horticultural speakers, flower demonstrators, brass bands and arena displays. 

The accounts for 2024 were reported by Messer’s Thain Wildbur of Kings Lynn who are appointed by the Committee and Trustees for this purpose. A copy of these accounts is attached to this report. Because of the losses sustained by the society in 2020 and 2021 Covid 19 pandemic, and because of the need to build the reserves back up to the point where the cost of a show could be covered without insurance, the Trustees have again not allowed and charitable donations to be made and therefore asked for the proceeds from the 2024 show to be added to the charities reserves in the hope to begin making donations again in 2025. All in all 2024 was a very successful show, with fantastic attendance and some wonderful feedback from both public and traders involved with the event Amanda Browne 



Show Treasurer & Trustee

SANDRINGHAM ESTATE COTTAGE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY TRUST FLOWER SHOW INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT - YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024 

|||2023|**INCOME**|2024||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|£||£||£|£|
||||Admission sold prior to Show: (less refunds)|||
|||108,062.00|Online Tickets @ £19.00 (After Costs)|126,464.00||
|||58,068.00|Group tickets@ £19.00|59,794.00||
|||1,960.00|Trade Stand Additional @ £20.00|1,748.00||
||||Admission sold at Show (less refunds)|||
|||6,120.00|Online tickets@ £21.00 (AfterCosts)|5,418.00||
|||63,700.00|Tickets @ £21.00|52,621.85||
|||890.00|Tickets @ £10.00|490.00||
||||Surplus (deficiency) in cash|||
||238,800.00||||246,535.85|
|||8,410.15|Programme sales|7,761.91||
|||52,635.00|Trade stand fees|59,990.00||
|||7,501.00|Misc - Sponsorship|8,500.00||
|||460.00|Trade stands in Hort.Marquee|320.00||
|||700.00|Electricity recharges|1,250.00||
|||95.00|Donations|170.00||
|||1,765.00|Kitchen Garden Group membership fees etc|1,270.40||
||71,566.15||||79,262.31|
||**310,366.15**||**TOTAL SHOW INCOME TO DATE**||**325,798.16**|
||||**EXPENDITURE**|||
||||Show Expenditure:|||
|||2,686.00|Public address system|2,780.00||
|||62,774.91|Tentage|80,451.31||
|||8,715.82|Printing & stationery|6,560.45||
|||35,163.40|Toilet and portacabin hire|35,697.40||
|||75,110.59|Labour, mat, machinery, skips, traffic, first aid,|73,019.33||
|||1,470.00|AA signposting|1,549.20||
|||510.19|G4S cash collection|618.55||
|||2,129.94|Misc. Show day expenses|288.00||
||||Showground banners, signs, etc|||
|||311.88|Radio hire|385.92||
||||Badges|||
||||Misc. Materials|||
||188,872.73||||201,350.16|
||188,872.73||Carried forward:||201,350.16|





SANDRINGHAM ESTATE COTTAGE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY TRUST FLOWER SHOW INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT - YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024 

|2023<br>£<br>£<br>Expenditure (continued)<br>188,872.73<br>Brought forward<br>Entertainment:<br>1,500.00<br>Victorian steam fairground<br>200.00<br>Scent With Love - floral art demos<br>4,519.68<br>Chris Beardshaw - celebrity gardener<br>1,000.00<br>Alan Mason - celebrity gardener<br>500.00<br>Martyn Davey - horticultural speaker<br>500.00<br>Nick Hamilton - horticultural speaker<br>0.00<br>Terry Walton - celebrity gardener<br>800.00<br>Springwood High School Band<br>562.50<br>Madame Zucchini<br>2,190.00<br>Essex Police Band<br>0.00<br>Parkour Generations<br>13,608.00<br>Midland Entertainments Agency<br>0.00<br>Bob Hogg Lamb National<br>200.00<br>Sandringham Cricket Club<br>240.00<br>Gary Pearson Photography<br>25,820.18<br>Catering:<br>13,422.96<br>Committee catering<br>277.95<br>Drinks for ground staff etc<br>13,700.91<br>Competitions:<br>1,307.05<br>Judges' fees & expenses<br>1,250.00<br>Trade exhibitors<br>3,785.80<br>Prize monies<br>789.31<br>Cups - purchases & engraving<br>7,132.16|2024<br>£<br>£<br>201,350.16<br>1,500.00<br>200.00<br>4,519.68<br>1,000.00<br>500.00<br>500.00<br>0.00<br>800.00<br>637.50<br>2,190.00<br>0.00<br>10,272.00<br>0.00<br>200.00<br>560.00<br>22,879.18<br>11,509.20<br>46.73<br>11,555.93<br>1,349.85<br>2,250.00<br>3,990.00<br>1,757.49<br>9,347.34|
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Carried forward: 

235,525.98 

245,132.61 



SANDRINGHAM ESTATE COTTAGE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY TRUST FLOWER SHOW INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT - YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024 

|2023<br>£<br>£<br>235,525.98<br>5,200.00<br>4,100.00<br>2,900.00<br>722.00<br>1,055.00<br>7,759.99<br>436.05<br>302.39<br>7,470.96<br>2,358.64<br>200.00<br>1450.00<br>33,955.03<br>269,481.01<br>40,885.14<br>2023<br>£<br>£<br>40,885.14<br>75.86<br>444.57<br>1,183.26<br>20.00<br>39.12<br>1,762.81<br>42,647.95<br>45.00<br>0.00<br>180.00<br>0.00<br>2,264.44<br>2,489.44<br>40,158.51|Expenditure (continued)<br>Brought forward<br>Administration:<br>Honorarium - Secretary<br>Honorarium - Treasurer<br>Honorarium - Asst Secretary<br>Telephone/postage/copying/Mileage<br>Advertising & publicity<br>Insurance - special events / Cancelleation<br>Insurance - trustee indemnity<br>Website costs<br>Online ticketing costs<br>Online ticketing - card commissions<br>Donations @ John Shoane Funeral<br>Donation to gundogs<br>Gardener sponsorship<br>TOTAL SHOW EXPENDITURE TO DATE<br>Profit on Show<br>Profit on Show to date:<br>Interest:<br>Barclays Reward Account<br>TSB Managed Account<br>Nationwide Account<br>Co-op Current Account<br>Co-op 32 Day Interest Account<br>Expenditure (non-Show):<br>RHS Subscription<br>Donations<br>Accountants' fee<br>Flowers to supporter<br>Kitchen Garden Group expenses<br>Surplus (deficit) on year|2024<br>£<br>£<br>245,132.61<br>5,200.00<br>5,000.00<br>2,000.00<br>608.10<br>1,335.00<br>8,456.00<br>436.05<br>902.39<br>8,609.27<br>2,582.61<br>0.00<br>1750.00<br>36,879.42<br>282,012.03<br>43,786.13<br>2024<br>£<br>£<br>43,786.13<br>0.00<br>706.12<br>1,602.95<br>0.00<br>684.45<br>2,993.52<br>46,779.65<br>45.00<br>0.00<br>180.00<br>0.00<br>1,144.00<br>1,369.00<br>45,410.65|
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SANDRINGHAM ESTATE COTTAGE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY TRUST FLOWER SHOW INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT - YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024 

|2023<br>£<br>£<br>ASSETS as @ 31-12-24<br>44,818.31<br>TSB Managed Account<br>0.06<br>Barclays Reward Account<br>5,621.05<br>Barclays Current Account<br>73,104.16<br>Nationwide Account<br>65,713.26<br>Co-op Current Account<br>32,039.12<br>Co-op 32 Day Interest Account<br>221,295.96<br>LESS OUTSTANDING PAYMENTS<br>180.00<br>Accountants' fees<br>0.00<br>Cheques still to be presented<br>180.00<br>221,115.96<br>Represented by:<br>180,957.45<br>Bank Balance as @ 1 January 2024<br>40,158.51<br>Surplus (deficit) on year<br>221,115.96|2024<br>£<br>£<br>50,524.43<br>0.06<br>2,843.05<br>74,707.11<br>106,977.39<br>32,723.57<br>267,775.61<br>180.00<br>1,069.00<br>1,249.00<br>266,526.61<br>221,115.96<br>45,410.65<br>266,526.61|
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SANDRINGHAM ESTATE COTTAGE
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY TRUST
ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31ST DECEMBER 2024
Thain Wildbur
Chartered Aceountants

SANDRt%GHAM ESTATE COTTAGE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY TRUST
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Sandringham Estate Cottage Horticultural Society
Trust.
We report on the accounts of the trust for the year ended 31 st December 2024, which are set out on the attached
pages.
Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
As the charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. you consider that the audit
requirement of Part 8 Chapter 3 (144) of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act) does not apply. It is our responsibility
to state, on the basis of procedures specified in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners under
Part 8 Chapter 3 (156) of the Act, whether particular matters have come to our attention.
Basis of Rndependent examiner's report
Our examination was carried out in ￿cOrdance with the Genernl Directions given by the Charity Commissioners.
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 seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not
provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently we do not express an audit opinion
on the view given by the accounts.
Independent examiner's statement
In connection with our examination, no matter has come to our attention:
which gives us reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements
to keep accounting records in accordance with Part 8 Chapter l (130) of the Act. and
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting
requirements of the Act
have not been met; or
to which in our opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understsnding of the
accounts to be reached.
Dated: 13th February 2025
Thain Wildbur
Chartered Accountsnts
36138 King Street
King's Lynn
Norfolk
PE30 IES

SANDRINGHAM ESTATE corfAGE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY TRUST
FLOWER SHOW- YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024
INCOME AND EXPENDITURE AccouNr
2023
INCOME
2024
Admission sold prior to Show (less refunds):
6,656 Online Tickets @ £19.00
3,515 Group tickets @ £19.00
87 Trade stand @ additional £20
Admission sold at Show (less refunds):
258 Onlinc Tickets @ £21.00
2,509 Tickets @ £21.00
49 Tickets @ £10.00
108,062.00
58,068.00
1,960.00
126,464.00
59,794.00
1,748.00
6,120.00
63,700.00
890.00
5.418.00
52,621.85
490.00
238,800.00
246,535.85
8.410.15
Programme sales
52,635.00 Trade stands fees
7.501.00
Misc. - sponsorship
460.00
Trade stands in horticultural marquee
700.00
Electricity charges
95.00
Donations
1,765.00
Kitchen Garden Group membership fees etc.
7,761.91
59,990.00
8,500.00
320.00
1,250.00
170.00
1,270.40
71,566.15
79,262,31
310,366.15
TOTAL SHOW INCOME
325,798.16
EXPEIYDITURE
Show Expenditure:
Public address system
Tentage
Printing & Stationery
Toilets and portacabin hire
Labour, materials, machinery etc.
AA signposting
G4S cash collection
Radio hire
Misc. show day expenses
2,686.00
62,774.91
8,715.82
35,163.40
75,110.59
1,470.00
510.19
311.88
2,129.96
2,780.00
80,451 .31
6,560.45
35,697.40
73,019.33
1,549.20
618.55
385.92
288.00
188,872.73
201,350.16
188,872.73
Carried forward
201,350.16

SANDRtNGHAM ESTATE COTTAGE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY TRL'ST
FLOWER SHOW - YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024
INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
coiwrINUED
2023
EXPENDITURE
Continued
2024
188,872.73
Brought forward
201,350.16
Entertainment:
Victorian steam fairground
Scent with Love - floral art demos
Chris Beardshaw - celebrity gardener
Alan Mason - celebrity gardener
Martyn Davey - horticultural speaker
Nick Hamilton - horticultural speaker
Springwood 14igh School Band
Madame Zucchini
Essex Police Band
Midland Entertainments Agency
Sandringham Cricket Club
Gary Pearson Photography
1,500.00
200.00
4,519.68
1,000.00
500.00
500.00
800.00
562.50
2,190.00
13.608.00
200.00
240.00
1,500.00
200.00
4,519.68
1,000.00
500.00
500.00
800.00
637.50
2,190.00
10,272.00
200.00
560.00
25,820.18
22,879.18
Catering:
Committee catering
Drinks for ground staff etc
13,422.96
277.95
11,509.20
46.73
13,700.9I
11,555.93
Competitions:
Judges, fees & expenses
Trade exhibitors
Prize monies
Cups- purchases & engraving
1.307.05
1,250.00
3,785.80
789,31
1.358.50
2,250.00
3,990.00
1,748.84
7,132.16
9,347.34
235,525.98
Carried forward
245,132.61

SANDRINGHAM ESTATE COTTAGE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY TRUST
FLOWER SHOW- YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024
INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
CONTINUED
2023
EXPENDITURE
continued
2024
235,525,98
Brought forward
245,132.61
Administration:
5,200.00 Honorarium - Secretary
4,100.00 Honorarium - Treasurer
2,900.00 Honorarium - Asst Secretary
722.00 Telephone/postagelcopyinglmileage
1,055.00 Advertising & publicity
7,759.99 Insurance- special eventslcancellation
436.05 Insurance - truste¢ indemnity
302.39 Website costs
7,470.96 Online ticketing costs
2,358.64 Onltne ticketing- card commissions
200.00 Donations at John Shoane Funeral
1,450.00 Gardener sponsorship
5,200.00
5,000.00
2,000.00
608.10
1,335.00
8.456.00
436.05
902.39
8.609.27
2,582.61
1,750.00
33,955.03
36,879.42
269,481.01
TOTAL SHOW EXPENDITURE TO DATE
282,012.03
40,885.14
PROFIT ON SHOW
43,786.13

SANDRINGHAM ESTATE COTTAGE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY TRUST
FLOWER SHOW- YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024
INCOME AND EXPENDITURE Accouwr
CONTINUED
2023
2024
40,885.14
PROFIT ON SHOW TO DATE
Interest:
Barclays Reward Account
TSB Managed Account
Nationwide Account
Co-op Ciirrent Account
Co-op 32 Day Interest Account
43,786.13
75.86
444.57
1,183.26
20.00
39.12
706.12
1.602.95
684.45
1,762.81
2,993.52
42,647.95
46,779.65
EXPENDITURE (Non Show)
RHS subscription
Accountants fee
Kitchen Garden Group expenses
45.00
180.00
2,264.44
45.00
180.00
1,144.00
2.489.44
1,369.00
40,158.51
SURPLUS FOR YEAR
45,410.65

SANDINGHAM ESTATE COTTAGE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY TRUST
FLOWER SHOW- YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024
BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST DECEMBER 2024
2023
2024
ASSETS
44,818.31 TSB Managed Account
0.06 Barclays Reward Account
5,621.05 Barclays Current Account
73,104.16 Nationwide Account
65,713.26 Co-op Current Account
32,039.12 Co4)p 32 Day Interest Account
50,524.43
0.06
2,843.05
74,707.11
106.977.39
32,723.57
221,295.96
267,775.61
LESS OUTSTANDING PAYMENTS
180.00 Accountants fees
Cheques to be presented
180.00
1,069.00
180.00
1,249.00
221,115.96
266,526.61
Represented by:
180,957.45 Balance at l January 2024
40,158.51 Surplus for year
221,115.96
45,410.65
221,115.96
266,526.61
We approve these accounts and ¢onfirn] that we have made available all relev
their preparation.
t records and inforniation for
Signed...J¥-..... .....
Signed....
Ch
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Treasurer
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Dated: 13 Febmary 2025