**REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 2935176 (England and Wales) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1042337** 

**REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020** 

## **FOR** 

## **LONDON HISTORIC PARKS AND GARDENS TRUST** 

Averillo & Associates Chartered Accountants 16 South End Croydon Surrey CR0 1DN 



**LONDON HISTORIC PARKS AND GARDENS TRUST** 

## **CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020** 

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|**Report of the Trustees**|1 to  6|
|**Independent Examiner's Report**|7|
|**Statement of Financial Activities**|8|
|**Balance Sheet**|9|
|**Notes to the Financial Statements**|10 to  17|
|**Detailed Statement of Financial Activities**|18 to  19|





**LONDON HISTORIC PARKS AND GARDENS TRUST** 

## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020** 

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 December 2020. 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). 

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**LONDON HISTORIC PARKS AND GARDENS TRUST** 

## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020** 

## **Objectives and Activities, achievements and performance** 

The objects of the London Historic Parks & Gardens Trust (the Trust) are to promote the education of the public on matters connected with the arts and sciences of historic garden land and to preserve, enhance and re-create for the education and enjoyment of the public whatever historic garden land may exist or have existed in and around London. In 2018 the Trust undertook a consultation to establish a new Strategic Direction for the following 3 to 5 years.  This strategy set out the aims and mission of the Trust to: 

- _**Champion by influencing through robust research, revealing their significance, our unique planning role and media presence; to help protect them from threats and decline.**_ 

   - In 2020, we probed 175 consultations with potential impacts on historic landscapes across 29 London boroughs; supported the listing (legal protection) of 6 twentieth century landscapes; provided in-depth analysis on 23 planning applications to protect historic parks and gardens; gave early advice on the design of 3 projects affecting greenspace; went to the High Court to defend Victoria Tower Gardens (a Grade 2 public park and the setting for the Houses of Parliament World Heritage Site) from threatening development, working with thousands of fellow campaigners and supported by over £10,000 worth of crowdsourced fundraising for legal costs; bringing expert witnesses to two planning inquiries, for Victoria Tower Gardens and Lambeth Palace Gardens.  This was a significant increase in activity because the Trust was awarded a grant to appoint a part time planning specialist to recruit and train a team of responders thanks to Historic England. 

- _**Cultivate knowledge and appreciation of parks, squares, community gardens, cemeteries, churchyards and the people who create, develop and care for them as part of London’s rich green infrastructure**_ . In 2020, the Trust moved its Inventory of over 2,500 gardens on to the cloud for free public access and to more regular updates; 34 site records were updated and 3 new sites added; began digitising hundreds of photos of record from the 1990s, linking them to sites on the inventory; published 3 editions of London Landscapes magazine and the 24[th] edition of the London Gardener, a journal of garden history; gave over 10 lectures online to over 850 attendees in total. 

- _**Celebrate their beauty, design, horticulture, history, ecology, value and benefits to society.**_ In 2020, the Trust kept 550 members up to date with 10 e-newsletters packed with information about garden and park campaigns, events and activities; worked closely with over 40 regular volunteers through online meetings; circulated fortnightly bulletins to its wider database of over 30,000 people interested in news about historic gardens; and posted news on social media. 

## **Response to the pandemic** 

While the good news was that lockdown reminded Londoners how precious London Parks and Gardens are to their health and wellbeing, the Trust had to make multiple adaptations at top speed.  Covid-19 forced the cancellation of the cornerstone fundraiser event which funds most of the Trust’s work, Open Garden Squares Weekend.   The Trust had already invested in a contractor to promote it and sold significant numbers of tickets.  All ticket purchasers were swiftly asked to donate their ticket cost rather than seek refunds and 90% kindly agreed.  The contractor agreed to undertake website tasks rather than promotional.  A first ever President’s appeal was sent out seeking emergency income and members and volunteers rose magnificently to raise £18,600 within a month. This led to a pilot Winter Prize Draw, made possible by the generous donation of prizes to our cause and a further £6,000 was raised. The Director wrote successful applications for funds from DCMS, the NLHF through their Cultural Recovery Fund, to go towards core costs and trialling a new virtual event in the Summer of 2021 in lieu of in-person OGSW.   The lecture series was moved online and proved a huge success, with up to 300 attendees per lecture and over 10 lectures, making £6,500.  The Director reduced her working hours to manage overheads, bringing the total level of equivalent staffing arrangements down, and staff worked from home, closing the office at Duck Island Cottage while social distancing was required at work. 

## **Administration** 

The team of staff comprised the Director, Administrator, Communications assistant, Planning & Conservation Project Officer, all working part time, to a total full time equivalent of 1.8 people over the year. An Events Programmer and Marketing speciailist were also contracted for Open Gardens Square Weekend until it was cancelled. Crucial volunteers support this work, such as the volunteer IT manager, Colin Wing, who trained staff, other volunteers, enabled home working, gave website and digitisation support to help future proof the charity. 

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## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020** 

## **Administration** (continued) 

Volunteers undertake much of the work of the Trust with members and others encouraged to play an active part. To this end, the Trust extended the appointment of a Volunteer and Community Consultant into the first quarter of 2020 to set up systems and help coordinate this considerable effort.  Sadly, due to the untimely illness and sudden death of Toni Assirati, our Volunteer and Community Consultant, the systems were not able to be fully completed as scheduled. Toni Assirati, although only with the Trust a relatively short time, made a very big impact and is much missed. Nevertheless, during 2020, a new register has been created for volunteers accompanied with supporting documentation and processes.  These include a Volunteer Agreement and Role Outlines. The Trust is grateful to all those people who contribute their time as volunteers to assist the work of the Trust and help with Working Groups, without whom it would not be able to achieve the many accomplishments achieved in 2020. 

## **Research working group** 

The Research Working Group met regularly online in 2020. Research continued on the theme of Women in Horticulture.  In January 2020 the Trust held a workshop for potential volunteer researchers interested in the history of green spaces in Brent as our contribution to Brent as the London Borough Of Culture 2020. All 12 attendees took on at least two sites to research. 6 attended a follow—up meeting in February and two new sites have been added to the Inventory. Since the pandemic, with archive collections largely inaccessible, things have been in abeyance. 

The Inventory aims to hold information on all the historically important designed landscapes throughout London; currently there are over 2,500 records. The Inventory was moved in 2020 to be stored on the cloud and therefore almost all this material is now made publicly available, free of charge on the Trust’s new website (https://londongardenstrust.org/conservation/inventory/). Sally Williams, volunteer Keeper of the Inventory, continues to incorporate material from the Inventory into the London historic environment record (GLHER), which is used by the local authorities as a basis for assessing planning applications.   The Trust was delighted this year, to support the Gardens Trust’s campaign through Historic England to add to the national register of historic sites 6 of London’s best 20[th] Century Landscapes. 

Todd Longtaffe-Gowan, assisted by Sally Williams, again edited the Trust’s annual journal, _The London Gardener_ . The Trust is grateful to the Monument Trust and J Paul Getty Trust for grants towards publishing the journal over a five year period. The Trust is also grateful to the Deborah Loeb Brice Donor Advised Fund at CAF for their contribution to the 24th edition of the Journal. 

_London Landscapes,_ the Trust’s newsletter, was edited by Rachel Huckvale.  It is published three times a year with design and distribution handled by Hall-McCartney. This year the Trust looked at ways to keep production costs to a minimum and it was agreed to maintain the regularity of the magazine but reduce the number of pages to save on postage costs. 

## **Planning and Conservation** 

The Trust continued to advise and comment on planning and listed building applications affecting historic parks and gardens, using information contained in the Trust’s Inventory and in conjunction with the Gardens Trust. The Trust was notified of 175 (137 in 2019) planning applications for proposals going to planning in 29 London Boroughs (23 in 2019) for a variety of purposes, including Local Plan Consultations. In March 2020, with the assistance of the Historic England Capicity Building Grant the Trust welcomed a new member of staff, Rose Wakelin as our Planning & Conservation Project Officer.  Her role is to build the number of planning volunteers and increase their skills in prioritising and responding to proposals that threaten the historic integrity of London’s natural and designed landscapes.  Volunteers on our Planning Working Group provided detailed comments on 23 planning applications (up from 11 in 2019) during the year to protect a number of landscapes.  The Trust has made a concerted effort with the changing approach to planning, by getting involved at the policy making stage with Local and Neighbourhood Plans. The planning policy work has been led by Gillian Morgan.  We highlighted the important resource of the Inventory seeking reassurance that these sites would be notified within 32 Local or Neightbourhood Plans. 

The Trust maintained its objection to the proposals to build a memorial (the UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre) on Victoria Tower Gardens, a Grade 2 public park forming the setting for the Houses of Parliament World Heritage Site. Working collaboratively with other campaigners including Save Victoria Tower Gardens and the Thorney Island Society, in March, the Trust issued proceedings in the High Court for a Judicial Review, securing substantial funding, in excess of £10,000, courtesy of many generous donors and members using the Crowdjustice platform. 

In September 2020 the Trust attended a day and half hearing at the Hight Court, led by legal counsel. The Trust’s legal team were able to successfully demonstrate that the Government had failed to provide us and other objectors 

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**LONDON HISTORIC PARKS AND GARDENS TRUST** 

## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020** 

## **Planning and Conservation** (continued) 

with legal certainty by omitting to publish clear handling procedures. Ordinarily the Secretary of State is the final arbiter on planning decisions referred to the Planning Inspectorate, but Mr Robert Jenrick MP happens to also be the project sponsor.  Handling procedures were therefore necessary so that his Department which is leading on the proposals could demonstrate sufficient separation of powers and avoid a conflict of interest, having delegated the decision to the Minister for Housing, Mr Christopher Pincher MP.  However, the Trust did not win the more substantive point, seeking to prevent the Minister for Housing becoming the final arbiter of the plans, despite them working in the same Government Department as close colleagues. 

In October and November 2020, the Trust, supported by its volunteers, took part in the Planning Inquiry held online over a 5 week period, as a Rule 6 party again supported by legal counsel.  The Trust was represented at the planning inquiry by its patron, Hal Moggridge and by one of its Trustees Sally Prothero,  as expert witnesses presenting the many and varied planning reasons why this proposal is an unacceptable intrusion into a historic landscape. The Trust awaits the results of this inquiry and the Minister’s decision in 2021, and is looking at other legal avenues to further the case to protect an historic landscape and stop this development.  The Trust was extremely grateful to a number of anonymous donors from the Save Victoria Tower Gardens group who underwrote expenses for the Trust’s legal case and shared resource with legal counsel at the Planning Inquiry.  The Trust also thanks Richard Buxton, Meyric Lewis and John Howell QC who formed the legal team that added much of their personal time and energies to strengthen the Trust’s case. 

## **Future Plans** 

The Board will spend much of 2021 creating a new business model, to support the research and campaigning work, ideally across all London Boroughs, with stronger communication, more diversified income and more efficient use of expenditure, particularly on servicing membership needs.  A thorough needs assessment of the different requirements of members as supporters and subscribers will be undertaken.  Lessons and adaptations from the pandemic will make the Trust more resilient, with remote working and online lectures likely to continue, as will the new emphasis on fundraising success.  Experiments in Challenge Fundraising and seeking corporate sponsorship will be undertaken for the first time, and grants sought for core costs while brave new trials of a virtual replacement for Open Garden Squares Weekend will be undertaken and lessons learnt for the future funding of the organisation.  The Board will seek to better understand its communities of support with the help of expert database analysts. Ultimately **everyone** benefits from better protected and understood green space, but the Board recognises that an internal diversity check is needed for the health of the organisation and the widest demonstration of public benefit’. 

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**LONDON HISTORIC PARKS AND GARDENS TRUST** 

## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020** 

## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing document** 

The Trust is a registered charity.  It is constituted as a company limited by guarantee and governed by a Memorandum and Articles of Association. 

The Board of Trustees (Council of Management) is the governing body of the Trust.  Its members are Trustees of the charity and also Directors of the Trust for the purposes of the Companies Acts.  The members of the Board who served during the year are shown on page 6. 

Board members are nominated and elected at the Trust’s Annual General Meeting, or co-opted by the Board between AGMs.  In 2020, the Trust’s usual AGM was held online in June, amongst the Trustees only, papers having been circulated beforehand to all members to raise any concerns. Board members serve for three years and are then eligible for re-election up to a maxium of nine years (three terms of three years).  Board members receive appropriate induction and other training in their responsibilities as Trustees and Directors of the Trust. 

During 2020 the Board met eight times to transact Board business, including an Awayday.  Lisa Watson was Interim Chair up to 17 November when she was appointed Chair.  Lisa Watson also continued as Treasurer and Maureen Nolan as Secretary.  Natasha Dos Passos was appointed as Treasurer Elect on 19 January 2021 and it is intended that she will take over as Treasurer by 31 December 2021. 

There are a number of Board Committees and Working Groups, which organise the activities and work of the Trust. Chairs of the Working Groups were -  Lectures and Walks: Caroline Ames and Peter Sibley;  Planning and Conservation: Sally Prothero, Research: David Sykes and Barbara Deason, Open Garden Squares Weekend (OGSW) and then London Open Gardens 2021: Nathan Oley; Fundraising Task Force: Celia Mead. 

Hal Moggridge OBE has continued as an active Patron and Dr Todd Longstaffe-Gowan has continued as President fundraising for and delivering the annual journal. 

The Trust works closely with Royal Parks and a number of other bodies with a London focus, including Historic England, CPRE London, London Friends of Greenspaces Network, the Heritage Alliance and Parks for London amongst others. 

The Trust is an active member of the national association: the Gardens Trust.  The Trust appoints a representative each year to vote at the Garden Trust’s AGM and the representative in 2020 was Lisa Watson.  Lisa Watson is the Vice Chair and Treasurer of the Gardens Trust and Maureen Nolan is the Company Secretary. 

Following Charity Commission guidance, the Board has adopted a Risk Management Policy and maintains a Risk Register, which is reviewed on an annual basis.  The Board believes that maintaining financial reserves at appropriate levels, combined with an annual review of the controls over key financial systems, will provide sufficient resources in the event of adverse conditions. The Board confirms that it has agreed actions to address or mitigate the identified significant risks. 

## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Company number** 

2935176 (England and Wales) 

## **Registered Charity number** 

1042337 

## **Registered office** 

Duck Island Cottage St James's Park London SW1A 2BJ 

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**LONDON HISTORIC PARKS AND GARDENS TRUST** 

## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020** 

**Trustees** Elizabeth Watson (Chair and Treasurer) Caroline Ames Natasha Andrade dos Passos (Treasurer Elect) (appointed 19.1.2021) David Foreman (resigned 29.7.2020) Emma McNamara Celia Mead Maureen Nolan Nathan Oley Sally Prothero James Rowlands (resigned 9.9.2020) Peter Sibley Tim Webb Darren McCreery (appointed 23.3.2021) **Company Secretary** Maureen Nolan **Independent Examiner** Peter Nellemose Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales Averillo & Associates Chartered Accountants 16 South End Croydon Surrey CR0 1DN **Bankers** CAF Bank Limited West Malling, Kent ME19 4TA 

## **Website** 

www.londongardenstrust.org 

www.opensquares.org 

## **FINANCIAL REVIEW** 

Incoming resources for the year totalled £204,769 (2019 £188,736).  This represents the generosity of supporters and benefactors, and payments in respect of grant-aided projects.  Resources expended for the year totalled £156,435 (2019 £174,597). Reserves stand at £139,949 (2019 91,615), comprising £66,317 general unrestricted funds and £73,632 restricted funds.  The Trust benefitted from the award of grants from Historic England, NLHF and the Culture Recovery Fund.  The Royal Parks Agency continued to donate office space, which sadly has been under-utilised during 2020 due to lock-down restrictions 

Approved by order of the board of trustees on 18 May 2021 and signed on its behalf by: 


Elizabeth Watson - Trustee 

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## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF LONDON HISTORIC PARKS AND GARDENS TRUST** 

## **Independent examiner's report to the trustees of London Historic Parks and Gardens Trust ('the Company')** 

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2020. 

## **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. 


Peter Nellemose Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales Averillo & Associates Chartered Accountants 16 South End Croydon Surrey CR0 1DN 

18 May 2021 

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**LONDON HISTORIC PARKS AND GARDENS TRUST** 

## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020** 

|Unrestricted<br>Restricted<br>fund<br>funds<br>Notes<br>£<br>£<br>**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**<br>Donations and legacies<br>2<br>49,349<br>7,103<br>**Charitable activities**<br>4<br>Activities and events<br>12,673<br>-<br>Marketing & Open Garden Squares Weekend<br>28,398<br>-<br>Research, publications, inventory<br>and education<br>5<br>-<br>Repton in London<br>-<br>169<br>Historic England<br>-<br>14,460<br>NLHF<br>-<br>49,550<br>Culture Recovery Fund<br>-<br>28,710<br>Crowd Justice donations<br>-<br>14,352<br>Investment income<br>3<br>-<br>-<br>**Total**<br>90,425<br>114,344<br>**EXPENDITURE ON**<br>**Charitable activities**<br>5<br>Activities and events<br>6,712<br>-<br>Marketing & Open Garden Squares Weekend<br>39,153<br>-<br>Research, publications, inventory<br>and education<br>2,680<br>7,788<br>Management costs<br>47,371<br>-<br>Repton in London<br>-<br>19<br>Historic England<br>-<br>16,373<br>NLHF<br>-<br>18,709<br>Culture Recovery Fund<br>-<br>7,630<br>Crowd Justice donations<br>-<br>10,000<br>**Total**<br>95,916<br>60,519<br>**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**<br>(5,491)<br>53,825<br>**Transfers between funds**<br>12<br>(1,913)<br>1,913<br>**Net movement in funds**<br>(7,404)<br>55,738<br>**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**<br>**Total funds brought forward**<br>73,721<br>17,894<br>**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**<br>66,317<br>73,632|2020<br>Total<br>funds<br>£<br>56,452<br>12,673<br>28,398<br>5<br>169<br>14,460<br>49,550<br>28,710<br>14,352<br>-<br>204,769<br>6,712<br>39,153<br>10,468<br>47,371<br>19<br>16,373<br>18,709<br>7,630<br>10,000<br>156,435<br>48,334<br>-<br>48,334<br>91,615<br>139,949|2019<br>Total<br>funds<br>£<br>65,815<br>4,951<br>117,184<br>382<br>312<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>92<br>188,736<br>620<br>111,627<br>9,860<br>52,490<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>174,597<br>14,139<br>-<br>14,139<br>77,476<br>91,615|
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The notes form part of these financial statements 

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**LONDON HISTORIC PARKS AND GARDENS TRUST** 

## **BALANCE SHEET 31 DECEMBER 2020** 

|Unrestricted<br>Restricted<br>fund<br>funds<br>Notes<br>£<br>£<br>**CURRENT ASSETS**<br>Debtors<br>10<br>250<br>-<br>Cash at bank<br>79,551<br>73,632<br>79,801<br>73,632<br>**CREDITORS**<br>Amounts falling due within one year<br>11<br>(13,484)<br>-<br>**NET CURRENT ASSETS**<br>66,317<br>73,632<br>**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES**<br>66,317<br>73,632<br>**NET ASSETS**<br>66,317<br>73,632<br>**FUNDS**<br>12<br>Unrestricted funds<br>Restricted funds<br>**TOTAL FUNDS**|2020<br>Total<br>funds<br>£<br>250<br>153,183<br>153,433<br>(13,484)<br>139,949<br>139,949<br>139,949<br>66,317<br>73,632<br>139,949|2019<br>Total<br>funds<br>£<br>-<br>123,020<br>123,020<br>(31,405)<br>91,615<br>91,615<br>91,615<br>73,721<br>17,894<br>91,615|
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The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 December 2020. 

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2020 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 18 May 2021 and were signed on its behalf by: 


Elizabeth Watson - Trustee 

The notes form part of these financial statements 

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**LONDON HISTORIC PARKS AND GARDENS TRUST** 

## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020** 

## **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. 

## **Allocation and apportionment of costs** 

Expenditure which is directly attributable to specific activities has been included in these cost categories. Where costs are attributable to more than one activity they have been apportioned across the cost categories on a basis consistent with the use of these resources. 

## **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. 

## **Tangible fixed assets** 

Individual tangible fixed assets costing less than £1,000 are written off to the statement of financial activities and not capitalised. 

Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost of fixed assets, less their estimate residual value over the expected useful lives on the following basis: 

Office equipment - over four years 

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**LONDON HISTORIC PARKS AND GARDENS TRUST** 

## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020** 

## **2. DONATIONS AND LEGACIES** 

|Membership subscriptions<br>Metropolitan Public Gardens Association<br>Royal Parks Agency<br>Aldama Foundation<br>Deborah Loeb Fund<br>Legacy<br>Saga<br>Benefactor anonymous donation<br>Other donations<br>**3.**<br>**INVESTMENT INCOME**<br>Deposit account interest<br>**4.**<br>**INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES**<br>Activities and events<br>Marketing & Open Gardens Squares Weekend<br>Research, publications, inventory and<br>education<br>Repton in London<br>Historic England Planning<br>NLHF<br>Culture Recovery Fund<br>Crown Justice donations<br>|2020<br>£<br>14,794<br>-<br>9,000<br>500<br>6,000<br>1,177<br>-<br>8,000<br>16,981<br>56,452<br>2020<br>£<br>-<br>2020<br>£<br>12,673<br>28,398<br>5<br>169<br>14,460<br>49,550<br>28,710<br>14,352<br>148,317<br>|2019<br>£<br>13,221<br>1,000<br>9,000<br>-<br>-<br>31,087<br>6,870<br>-<br>4,637<br>65,815<br>2019<br>£<br>92<br>2019<br>£<br>4,951<br>17,184<br>382<br>312<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-|
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**LONDON HISTORIC PARKS AND GARDENS TRUST** 

## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020** 

## **5. CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS** 

|Activities and events<br>Marketing & Open Garden Squares<br>Weekend<br>Research, publications, inventory<br>and education<br>Management costs<br>Repton in London<br>Historic England<br>NLHF<br>Culture Recovery Fund<br>Crowd Justice donations|Direct<br>Costs<br>£<br>6,712<br>39,153<br>10,468<br>-<br>19<br>16,373<br>18,709<br>7,630<br>10,000<br>109,064|Support<br>costs<br>£<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>47,371<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>47,371|Totals<br>£<br>6,712<br>39,153<br>10,468<br>47,371<br>19<br>16,373<br>18,709<br>7,630<br>10,000<br>156,435|
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## **6. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS** 

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 December 2020 nor for the year ended 31 December 2019. 

## **Trustees' expenses** 

There were no transactions between the Trust and the members of Council. 

## **7. STAFF COSTS** 

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

2020 2019 

Administration                                                                        1.8            1.5 

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

## **8. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES** 

|Unrestricted<br>Restricted<br>fund<br>funds<br>£<br>£<br>**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**<br>Donations and legacies<br>65,815<br>-<br>**Charitable activities**<br>Activities and events<br>4,951<br>-<br>Marketing & Open Garden Squares Weekend<br>117,184<br>-<br>Research, publications, inventory<br>and education<br>129<br>253<br>Repton in London<br>-<br>312<br>Investment income<br>92<br>-<br>**Total**<br>188,171<br>565|Total<br>funds<br>£<br>65,815<br>4,951<br>117,184<br>382<br>312<br>92<br>188,736|
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|**8.**<br>**COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - continued**<br>Unrestricted<br>Restricted<br>fund<br>funds<br>£<br>£<br>**EXPENDITURE ON**<br>**Charitable activities**<br>Activities and events<br>620<br>-<br>Marketing & Open Garden Squares Weekend<br>111,627<br>-<br>Research, publications, inventory<br>and education<br>4,474<br>5,386<br>Management costs<br>52,490<br>-<br>**Total**<br>169,211<br>5,386<br>**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**<br>18,960<br>(4,821)<br>**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**<br>**Total funds brought forward**<br>54,761<br>22,715<br>**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**<br>73,721<br>17,894<br>**9.**<br>**RESOURCES EXPENDED**<br>Resources expenses incudes Independent Examiner's remuneration of £750. (2019: £750).<br>**10.**<br>**DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**<br>2020<br>£<br>Other debtors<br>250|Total<br>funds<br>£<br>620<br>111,627<br>9,860<br>52,490<br>174,597<br>14,139<br>77,476<br>91,615<br>2019<br>£<br>-|
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## **11. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR** 

|Trade creditors<br>Accruals and deferred income|2020<br>£<br>12,734<br>750<br>13,484|2019<br>£<br>9,828<br>21,577<br>31,405|
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## **12. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS** 

|**MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Net|Transfers||
||||movement|between|At|
||At 1.1.20||in funds|funds|31.12.20|
||£||£|£|£|
|**Unrestricted funds**||||||
|General fund|73,721||(5,491)|(1,913)|66,317|
|**Restricted funds**||||||
|The London Gardener|15,327||(686)|-|14,641|
|Repton in London|2,567||151|-|2,718|
|Historic England||-|(1,913)|1,913|-|
|NLHF||-|30,841|-|30,841|
|Culture Recovery Fund||-|21,080|-|21,080|
|Crowd Justice donations||-|4,352|-|4,352|
||17,894||53,825|1,913|73,632|
|**TOTAL FUNDS**|91,615||48,334|-|139,949|
|Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:||||||
||||Incoming|Resources|Movement|
||||resources|expended|in funds|
||||£|£|£|
|**Unrestricted funds**||||||
|General fund|||90,425|(95,916)|(5,491)|
|**Restricted funds**||||||
|The London Gardener|||7,102|(7,788)|(686)|
|Repton in London|||170|(19)|151|
|Historic England|||14,460|(16,373)|(1,913)|
|NLHF|||49,550|(18,709)|30,841|
|Culture Recovery Fund|||28,710|(7,630)|21,080|
|Crowd Justice donations|||14,352|(10,000)|4,352|
||||114,344|(60,519)|53,825|
|**TOTAL FUNDS**|||204,769|(156,435)|48,334|



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## **12. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued** 

## **Comparatives for movement in funds** 

|||Net||
|---|---|---|---|
|||movement|At|
||At 1.1.19|in funds|31.12.19|
||£|£|£|
|**Unrestricted funds**||||
|General fund|54,761|18,960|73,721|
|**Restricted funds**||||
|The London Gardener|20,460|(5,133)|15,327|
|Repton in London|2,255|312|2,567|
||22,715|(4,821)|17,894|
|**TOTAL FUNDS**|77,476|14,139|91,615|
|Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:||||
||Incoming|Resources|Movement|
||resources|expended|in funds|
||£|£|£|
|**Unrestricted funds**||||
|General fund|188,171|(169,211)|18,960|
|**Restricted funds**||||
|The London Gardener|253|(5,386)|(5,133)|
|Repton in London|312|-|312|
||565|(5,386)|(4,821)|
|**TOTAL FUNDS**|188,736|(174,597)|14,139|



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## **12. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued** 

A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows: 

|||Net|Transfers|Transfers||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||movement|between||At|
||At 1.1.19|in funds|funds||31.12.20|
||£|£|£||£|
|**Unrestricted funds**||||||
|General fund|54,761|13,469|(1,913)||66,317|
|**Restricted funds**||||||
|The London Gardener|20,460|(5,819)||-|14,641|
|Repton in London|2,255|463||-|2,718|
|Historic England|-|(1,913)|1,913||-|
|NLHF|-|30,841||-|30,841|
|Culture Recovery Fund|-|21,080||-|21,080|
|Crowd Justice donations|-|4,352||-|4,352|
||22,715|49,004|1,913||73,632|
|**TOTAL FUNDS**|77,476|62,473||-|139,949|



A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows: 

|**Unrestricted funds**<br>General fund<br>**Restricted funds**<br>The London Gardener<br>Repton in London<br>Historic England<br>NLHF<br>Culture Recovery Fund<br>Crowd Justice donations<br>**TOTAL FUNDS**|Incoming<br>Resources<br>Movement<br>resources<br>expended<br>in funds<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>278,596<br>(265,127)<br>13,469<br>7,355<br>(13,174)<br>(5,819)<br>482<br>(19)<br>463<br>14,460<br>(16,373)<br>(1,913)<br>49,550<br>(18,709)<br>30,841<br>28,710<br>(7,630)<br>21,080<br>14,352<br>(10,000)<br>4,352<br>114,909<br>(65,905)<br>49,004<br>393,505<br>(331,032)<br>62,473|
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## **13. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES** 

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## **DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020** 

|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS**<br>**Donations and legacies**<br>Membership subscriptions<br>Metropolitan Public Gardens Association<br>Royal Parks Agency<br>Aldama Foundation<br>Deborah Loeb Fund<br>Legacy<br>Saga<br>Benefactor anonymous donation<br>Other donations<br>**Investment income**<br>Deposit account interest<br>**Charitable activities**<br>Activities and events<br>Marketing & Open Gardens Squares Weekend<br>Research, publications, inventory and education<br>Historic England Planning<br>NLHF<br>Culture Recovery Fund<br>Crown Justice donations<br>**Total incoming resources**<br>**EXPENDITURE**<br>**Charitable activities**<br>Activities & Events<br>Marketing and Open Garden Squares Weekend<br>Research, publications, inventory and education<br>Repton in London<br>Journal<br>NLHF<br>Historic England<br>Crowd Justice donations<br>Culture Recovery Fund<br>**Support costs**<br> **Management**<br>Office costs|2020<br>£<br>14,794<br>-<br>9,000<br>500<br>6,000<br>1,177<br>-<br>8,000<br>16,981<br>56,452<br>-<br>12,673<br>28,398<br>174<br>14,460<br>49,550<br>28,710<br>14,352<br>148,317<br>204,769<br>6,712<br>39,153<br>2,680<br>19<br>7,788<br>18,709<br>16,373<br>10,000<br>7,630<br>109,064<br>47,371|2019<br>£<br>13,221<br>1,000<br>9,000<br>-<br>-<br>31,087<br>6,870<br>-<br>4,637<br>65,815<br>92<br>4,951<br>117,184<br>694<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>122,829<br>188,736<br>620<br>111,627<br>4,474<br>-<br>5,386<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>122,107<br>52,490|
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## **DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020** 

|Total resources expended<br>**Net income**|2020<br>£<br>156,435<br>48,334|2019<br>£<br>174,597<br>14,139|
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